14.2.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 73/61 |
Action brought on 22 December 2021 — Wenz Kunststoff v EUIPO — Mouldpro (MOULDPRO)
(Case T-794/21)
(2022/C 73/75)
Language in which the application was lodged: German
Parties
Applicant: Wenz Kunststoff GmbH & Co. KG (Lüdenscheid, Germany) (represented by: J. Bühling and D. Graetsch, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mouldpro ApS (Ballerup, Denmark)
Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
Trade mark at issue: EU word mark MOULDPRO — EU trade mark No 10 022 317
Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 October 2021 in Case R 646/2020-2
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
— | annul the contested decision; |
— | reject the application of Mouldpro ApS of 30 January 2018 for cancellation of EU trade mark No 10 022 317; |
in the alternative:
— | reject the application for cancellation in so far as it covers anything other than hose couplings of plastic (included in Class 17); |
in the alternative:
— | refer the case back to EUIPO for a further hearing and decision; |
— | order EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs incurred in the appeal proceedings. |
Plea in law
— | Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |