19.1.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 16/44

(Case T-749/14)

(2015/C 016/68)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Peter Chung-Yuan Chang (San Diego, United States) (represented by: A. Sanz-Bermell y Martínez, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH (Munich, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark ‘AROMA’ — International registration designating the European Union No 924 502

Procedure before OHIM: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 September 2014 in Case R 1887/2013-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul the contested decision, consequently rejecting the application for a declaration of invalidity submitted by BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, and declare the grant of Community trade mark EM No 924502 to be valid for goods falling within Class 7 ‘Electric kitchen machines and utensils, namely blenders, juice extractors, pasta-making machines for home use, food processors and whisks’ and Class 11 ‘Electrical cooking appliances, namely convection ovens for home use, bread-making machines, steam cookers for home use, grills, deep-fat fryers, sandwich toasters, waffle-making machines, table-mounted stoves for soups, rice cookers, machines for freeze-drying foods, frying pans, pressure cookers, hotplates, roasting machines, roasting spits, ice-cream making machines and slow cookers’ whose registration is sought; and

—order OHIM to pay the costs.

Plea in law

—Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) Regulation No 207/2009.