Action brought on 5 April 2017 – Senetic v EUIPO – HP Hewlett Packard Group (HP)
(Case T-208/17)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Senetic S.A. (Katowice, Poland) (represented by: M. Krekora, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: HP Hewlett Packard Group LLC (Houston, Texas, United States)
Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark containing the letters ‘HP’ – EU trade mark No 52 449
Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 February 2017 in Case R 1002/2016-5
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul the contested decision;
order the intervener to pay the costs of proceedings before the Court, as well as the EUIPO.
Pleas in law
Infringement of Article 52(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 7 of Regulation No 207/2009;
Infringement of Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.
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