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Document 62021TN0735

    Case T-735/21: Action brought on 17 November 2021 — Aprile and Commerciale Italiana v EUIPO — DC Comics partnership (Device of a stylized depiction of a black bat inside a white oval frame)

    IO C 37, 24.1.2022, p. 46–47 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    24.1.2022   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 37/46

    Action brought on 17 November 2021 — Aprile and Commerciale Italiana v EUIPO — DC Comics partnership (Device of a stylized depiction of a black bat inside a white oval frame)

    (Case T-735/21)

    (2022/C 37/60)

    Language of the case: English

    Parties

    Applicants: Luigi Aprile (San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Italy), Commerciale Italiana Srl (Nola, Italy) (represented by: C. Saettel, lawyer)

    Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

    Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: DC Comics partnership (Burbank, California, United States)

    Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

    Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

    Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark (Device of a stylised depiction of a black bat inside a white oval frame) — European Union trade mark No 38 158

    Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

    Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 September 2021 in Case R 1447/2020-2

    Form of order sought

    The applicant claims that the Court should:

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    find the application admissible;

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    annul the contested decision;

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    order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the costs in accordance with Article 134(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.

    Pleas in law

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    Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

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    Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

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    Infringement of Article 59(1)(a) read in conjunction with Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

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    Infringement of Article 59(1)(a) read in conjunction with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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