(Case T-553/19 Action brought on 8August 2019 – Perfect Bar v EUIPO (PERFECT BAR)

Action brought on 8August 2019 – Perfect Bar v EUIPO (PERFECT BAR)

(Case T-553/19)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Perfect Bar LLC (San Diego, California, United States) (represented by: F.Miazzetto, J.Gracia Albero, R.Seoane Lacayo and E.Cebollero González, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark PERFECT BAR – Application for registration No15374085

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22May 2019 in Case R371/2019-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the costs derived from the procedure before the General Court and the EUIPO.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Art 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and of Article 296 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

Infringement of Art 72(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of Art 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of Art 7(1)(b) of Regulation EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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