25.7.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 270/55


Action brought on 30 May 2016 — Sun Media v EUIPO — Meta4 Spain (METAPORN)

(Case T-273/16)

(2016/C 270/62)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Sun Media Ltd (Central Hong Kong, Hong-Kong Special Administrative Region of China) (represented by: A. Schnider, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Meta4 Spain, SA (Las Rozas, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘METAPORN’ — Application for registration No 11 819 281

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 March 2016 in Joined Cases R 653/2015-2 and R 674/2015-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO and, in case it intervenes in writing, the other party to the proceedings before EUIPO, to bear their own costs and to compensate the costs incurred by the plaintiff in the proceedings before the General Court and in the appellate proceedings before EUIPO.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;

Infringement of Articles 75 et seq of Regulation No 207/2009;

Infringement of the EUIPO’s duty to exercise its powers in accordance with the general principles of European Union law.