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(2018/C 161/90)
Language in which the application was lodged: German
Applicant: Rietze GmbH & Co. KG (Altdorf, Germany) (represented by: M. Krogmann, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany)
Proprietor of the design at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Design at issue: International registration No DM/073118-3 designating the European Union
Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 January 2018 in Case R 1244/2016-3
The applicant claims that the Court should:
—annul the decision of the Third Board of Appeal and declare the effect of the international registration of design DM/073118-3 in the European Union to be null and void;
—order EUIPO to pay the costs.
—Infringement of Article 4(1), in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b), of Regulation No 6/2002;
—Infringement of Article 6(2) of Regulation No 6/2002.