3.4.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 104/57


Action brought on 1 February 2017 — Italytrade v EUIPO — Tpresso (teaespresso)

(Case T-68/17)

(2017/C 104/80)

Language in which the application was lodged: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Italytrade Srl (Bari, Italy) (represented by: N. Clemente, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Tpresso SA (Zurich, Switzerland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark ‘teaespresso’ — Application for registration No 13 543 475

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 November 2016 in Case R 1099/2016-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

alter the contested decision as provided for in Article 65(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 and in any case according to existing rules;

order, pursuant to Article 134 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, EUIPO and the interveners, if any, to pay the costs incurred by Italytrade Srl in the present proceedings;

order, pursuant to Article 134(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, EUIPO and the unsuccessful intervener to pay the costs incurred before the Board of Appeal and the Opposition Division.

Pleas in law

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

Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009.