19.3.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 104/50


Action brought on 24 January 2018 — Ecolab USA v EUIPO (SOLIDPOWER)

(Case T-40/18)

(2018/C 104/63)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ecolab USA, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: V. Töbelmann and K. Middelhoff, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark ‘SOLIDPOWER’ — Application for registration No 1 310 671

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 November 2017 in Case R 1182/2017-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to bear its own costs as well as the costs of the Applicant.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Articles 7(1)(b), 7(1)(c) and Article 7(2) of Regulation No 2017/1001.