18.7.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 260/50


Action brought on 2 June 2016 — Kneidinger v EUIPO — Topseat International (Toilet Lid)

(Case T-286/16)

(2016/C 260/62)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Ernst Kneidinger (Wilhering, Austria) (represented by: M. Grötschl, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Topseat International (Plano, Texas, USA)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant

Design at issue: Community design No 2274035-0001

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 April 2016 in Case R 1030/2015-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the costs — in particular the cost of the pleadings and the further costs of any possible oral proceedings and travel costs — and the costs incurred during the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 6(1) and (3) of Regulation No 6/2002.