22.1.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 22/50


Action brought on 14 November 2017 — TrekStor v EUIPO — Beats Electronics (i.Beat jess)

(Case T-749/17)

(2018/C 022/67)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: TrekStor Ltd (Hong-Kong, China) (represented by: O. Spieker, M. Alber, A. Schönfleisch, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Beats Electronics LLC (Culver City, California, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘i.Beat jess’– EU trade mark No 4 728 895

Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 September 2017 in Case R 2234/2016-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision insofar as it upholds the Cancellation Applicant’s application for revocation and revokes the Applicant’s rights in respect of European Union trade mark No 4 728 895;

dismiss the Cancellation Applicant’s application for revocation;

order EUIPO to bear the costs of the proceedings including the costs necessarily incurred by the Applicant before the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation No 2017/1001;

Infringement of Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation No 2017/1001.