12.12.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 462/30


Action brought on 4 October 2016 — Mad Dogg Athletics v EUIPO — Aerospinning Master Franchising (SPINNING)

(Case T-718/16)

(2016/C 462/39)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc. (Venice, California, United States of America) (represented by: J. Steinberg, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Aerospinning Master Franchising Ltd. s. r. o. (Prague, Czech Republic)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘SPINNING’ — EU trade mark No 175 117

Procedure before EUIPO: Revocation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 July 2016 in Case R 2375/2014-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision in so far as it revoked EU work mark No 000175117 ‘SPINNING’ for the goods ‘exercise equipment’ in Class 28 and the services ‘exercise training’ in Class 41;

order EUIPO to pay the costs.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 51(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;

Infringement of Article 41(2)(a) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

Infringement of Article 41(2)(c) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.