Action brought on 12 November 2015 – Malta Cross Foundation International v OHIM – Malteser Hilfsdienst (Malta Cross International Foundation)

(Case T-672/15)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Malta Cross Foundation International, Inc. (Hallandale Beach, United States) (represented by: J. Pimenta, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V. (Cologne, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM

Applicant: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Community figurative mark containing the word elements ‘Malta Cross International Foundation’ – Application for registration No 7 252 554

Procedure before OHIM: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Grand Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 July 2015 in Case R 863/2011-G

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order OHIM and, if the case might be, the intervener to pay the costs of the opposition proceedings and of the appeal.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;

Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009.

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