22.5.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 161/37
Action brought on 27 March 2017 — CeramTec v EUIPO — C5 Medical Werks (Shape of a hip ball)
(Case T-193/17)
(2017/C 161/52)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: CeramTec (Plochingen, Germany) (represented by: A. Renck and E. Nicolás Gómez, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: C5 Medical Werks (Grand Junction, Colorado, United States)
Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
Trade mark at issue: EU tridimensional mark in pink (Shape of a hip ball) — EU trade mark No 10 214 179
Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 February 2017 in Case R 929/2016-4
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul the contested decision;
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order that the costs of the proceedings be borne by the defendant, or, if C5 Medical Werks joins, by the intervener.
Plea in law
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Infringement of Articles 59 and 83 of Regulation No 207/2009.
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