Action brought on 23 July 2014 — Volkswagen v OHIM (COMPETITION)
(Case T-550/14)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) (represented by U. Sander, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 15 May 2014 in Case R 2082/2013-1;
Order the defendant to pay the costs.
Pleas in law and main arguments
Community trade mark concerned: the word mark ‘COMPETITION’ for goods and services in Classes 12, 28, 35 and 37 — Community trade mark application No 11 769 171
Decision of the Examiner: the application was rejected
Decision of the Board of Appeal: the appeal was dismissed
Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009