Action brought on 1 February 2017 – Lions Gate Entertainment v EUIPO (DIRTY DANCING)

(Case T-64/17)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. (Santa Monica, California, United States) (represented by: C. Hall, Barrister and D. Farnsworth, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘DIRTY DANCING’ – Application for registration No 13 930 102

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 December 2016 in Case R 331/2016-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the costs incurred by the applicant before the Board of Appeal and before the General Court.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Articles 7(1)(c) and 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009.

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