Action brought on 12 November 2013 – Wilo v OHIM (Pioneering for You)

(Case T-601/13)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Wilo SE (Dortmund, Germany) (represented by B. Schneiders, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Forms of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the decision of the Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 11 September 2013 in Case R 555/2013-4;

order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Community trade mark concerned: the word mark ‘Pioneering for You’ for goods and services in Classes 7, 9, 11, 37 and 42 – Community trade mark application No 11 065 588

Decision of the Examiner: rejection of the application

Decision of the Board of Appeal: dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.