Action brought on 3 August 2021 – MCO (IP) v EUIPO – C8 (C2)

(Case T-461/21)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: MCO (IP) Holdings Ltd (Tortola, British Virgin Islands) (represented by: A. Roughton, Barrister-at-law)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: C8 (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trademark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark C2 – Application for registration No 17 867 689

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 May 2021 in Case R 909/2020-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision and allow the mark (EUIPO application number 017867689) to proceed to registration;

order EUIPO to bear its own costs;

order C8 to bear its own costs;

order EUIPO to pay the costs incurred by MCO(IP) Holdings Limited.

Pleas in law

misapplication of the principle of interdependence leading to the incorrect rejection of the sign’s registration;

misapplication of the principle of interdependence leading to the incorrect dismissal of the appeal by the Board of Appeal;

misapplication of the principle of interdependence by upholding the opposition and, in consequence, by incorrectly rejecting the sign’s registration.

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