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(Case T-508/13)
2013/C 352/33
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Applicant: Government of Malaysia (Putrajaya, Malaysia) (represented by: R. Volterra, Solicitor, R. Miller, Barrister, V. von Bomhard and T. Heitmann, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Paola Vergamini (Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy)
The applicant claims that the Court should:
—Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 27 June 2013 given in Case R 326/2012-1; and
—Order that the costs of proceedings be borne by the defendant and by the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, if it joins as the intervener.
Applicant for a Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Community trade mark concerned: The figurative mark containing the verbal elements ‘HALAL MALAYSIA’ for goods and services in Classes 5, 18, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 43 — Community trade mark application No 9 169 343
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant
Mark or sign cited in opposition: The non-registered figurative mark containing the verbal elements ‘HALAL MALAYSIA’, which is well known in all 27 Member States of the European Union within the meaning of Article 8(2)(c) CTMR in conjunction with Article 6bis of the Paris Convention and for the purpose of Article 8(4) CTMR a non-registered figurative mark in the United Kingdom
Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejected the opposition in its entirety
Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal
Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(4) CTMR.