19.3.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 104/48

(Case T-36/18)

(2018/C 104/61)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd (Nagoya City, Japan) (represented by: T. Schmidpeter, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Celesio AG (Stuttgart, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the mark ‘Celeson’ – International registration designating the European Union No 1 254 798

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 November 2017 in Case R 1004/2017-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul the contested decision;

—reject the opposition No B 2 644 816 filed by McKesson Europe AG (formerly Celesion AG) to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark Celeson applied for by the applicant;

—order EUIPO to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the applicant for the purposes of the proceedings before the Court;

—order EUIPO and McKesson Europe AG (formerly Celesion AG) each to pay half of the costs necessarily incurred by the applicant for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.

Plea in law

—Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) Regulation No 2017/1001.