Action brought on 2 August 2016 — Perfumes y Aromas Artesanales v EUIPO — Aromas Selective (Aa AROMAS artesanales)

(Case T-426/16)

(2016/C 364/21)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Perfumes y Aromas Artesanales, SL (Arganda del Rey, Spain) (represented by: J. Botella Reyna, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Aromas Selective, SL (Dos Hermanas, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark containing the word elements ‘Aa AROMAS artesanales’– Application for registration No 12 215 018

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 May 2016 in Case R 766/2015-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—	annul the contested decision;

—	order EUIPO to pay the costs.

Pleas in law

—	Existence of priority rights and peaceful co-existence on the market and in the registration of the allegedly conflicting marks.

—	Weak distinctive character of the term ‘AROMAS’.

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