4.7.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 243/43


Action brought on 10 May 2016 — Haverkamp v EUIPO — Sissel (Pebble beach surface pattern)

(Case T-228/16)

(2016/C 243/48)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Reinhard Haverkamp (Kindberg, Austria) (represented by: A. Waldenberger, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Sissel GmbH (Bad Dürkheim, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant

Design at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the design ‘Pebble beach surface pattern’ — International registration designating the European Union No DM/072198-0001

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 February 2016 in Case R 2619/2014-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the costs of these proceedings, the proceedings before the Board of Appeal and the invalidity proceedings before EUIPO.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation No 6/2002;

Infringement of Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation No 6/2002.