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Action brought on 5 April 2017 – Senetic v EUIPO – HP Hewlett Packard Group (hp)

(Case T-207/17)

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 8 579 021

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 1001/2016-5

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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