Action brought on 2 November 2023 – Tecom Master v EUIPO – Michael Kors (Switzerland) International GmbH (MK MICHAEL MICHELE)

(Case T-1053/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Tecom Master, SL (Alicante, Spain) (represented by: T. Villate Consonni, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Michael Kors (Switzerland) International GmbH (Manno, Switzerland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Figurative mark MK MICHAEL MICHELE – EU trade mark No 13 227 004

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 September 2023 in Case R 1959/2021-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should annul the decision that declared the contested mark invalid, reinstating that mark’s registration.

Pleas in law

Consent to the registration.

Failure sufficiently to demonstrate bad faith at the time of the application for the mark declared invalid.

No likelihood of confusion and, as a result, inapplicability of Article 8(5) or Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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