7.10.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 337/20
Action brought on 16 August 2019 – Tinnus Enterprises v EUIPO – Mystic Products Import & Export and Koopman International (Fluid distribution equipment)
(Case T-574/19)
(2019/C 337/21)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Tinnus Enterprises LLC (Plano, Texas, United States) (represented by: A. Odle, lawyer and J. St Ville, Barrister)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mystic Products Import & Export, SL (Badalona, Spain), Koopman International BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant before the General Court
Design at issue: Community design No 1431 829-0001
Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 June 2019 in Case R 1002/2018-3
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul the contested decision;
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alter the contested decision to: (i) allow the applicant’s appeal; (ii) dismiss in its entirety the invalidity applicants’ applications ICD 10292 and ICD 10689 to declare the RCD an issue invalid; (iii) order the invalidity applicants to pay the applicant’s costs in front of the Board of Appeal and the Invalidity Division; (iv) alternatively remit to the Invalidity Division to address Article 4(1) CDR.
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order the payment the appellant’s fees and costs.
Plea in law
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Infringement of Article 8(1) and of Recital 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.
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