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(2020/C 240/43)
Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish
Applicant: Electrodomesticos Taurus, SL (Oliana, Spain) (represented by: E. Manresa Medina, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Shenzhen Aukey E-Business Co. Ltd (Shenzhen, China)
Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Trade mark at issue: Application for registration of the EU word mark AICOOK No 17 174 236
Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 March 2020 in Case R 2212/2019-5
The applicant claims that the Court should:
—annul the contested decision;
—declare the use of the opposing trade mark to have been established in relation to ‘Food processors’ in Class 7;
—refuse registration of trade mark No 17 174 236 on account of its similarity to the opposing mark;
—and, subsidiarily, to avoid registration of that trade mark, declare that the use of the opposing trade mark has been established in relation to ‘Food processors’ in Class 7;
—order EUIPO’s Opposition Division to adopt a decision in relation to opposition B 3006619 (MUE No 17 174 236 AICOOK) finding that the use of the opposing trade mark has been established in relation to ‘Food processors’ in Class 7.
—Infringement of Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
—Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.