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(Case T-419/17)
(2017/C 277/80)
Language in which the application was lodged: Italian
Applicant: Mendes SA (Lugano, Switzerland) (represented by: G. Carpineti, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Actial Farmaceutica Srl (Rome, Italy)
Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark ‘VSL#3’ — European Union trade mark No 1 437 789
Procedure before EUIPO: Revocation proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 May 2017 in Case R 1306/2016-2
The applicant claims that the Court should:
—primarily, annul the contested decision of the Board of Appeal of EUIPO in accordance with and for the purposes of Article 51(1)(b) EUTMR;
—in the alternative, annul the contested decision of the Board of Appeal of EUIPO in accordance with and for the purposes of Article 51(1)(c) EUTMR;
—in any event, order that the applicant should be reimbursed in full for the costs of the proceedings, or at least that each party should bear its own costs in full.
—Infringement of Article 51(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009.