Action brought on 20 December 2016 — Puma v EUIPO — Senator (TRINOMIC)

(Case T-896/16)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: M. Schunke, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Senator GmbH & Co. KGaA (Groß-Bieberau, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘TRINOMIC’ — Application No 12 697 074

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 October 2016 in Case R 70/2016-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings, including those incurred in the appeal proceedings.

Pleas in law

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

Infringement of the principle of equal treatment and of the principle that the administration is bound by its own decisions.

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