(Case T-757/21 Action brought on 2December 2021– Activa - Grillküche v EUIPO – Targa (Grilling apparatus)

Action brought on 2December 2021– Activa - Grillküche v EUIPO – Targa (Grilling apparatus)

(Case T-757/21)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Activa - Grillküche GmbH (Selb, Germany) (represented by: F.Stangl and M.Würth, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Targa GmbH (Soest, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Design at issue: European Union design No3056449-0001

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4October 2021 in Case R1651/2020-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision in its entirety and the decision No.ICD104479 of the Invalidity Division of EUIPO of 12June 2020 in its entirety;

declare the design at issue invalid; and

order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article7(2) of Council Regulation (EC)No6/2002;

Infringement of Article63(1), first sentence, in conjunction with Article7(2) of Council Regulation (EC)No6/2002;

Infringement of Article63(1), second sentence, of Council Regulation (EC)No6/2002.

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