Action brought on 6 April 2016 – Ecolab USA v EUIPO (ECOLAB)

(Case T-150/16)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ecolab USA, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: V. Töbelmann and C. Menebröcker, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the mark ‘ECOLAB’ – Application for registration No 1 180 255

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 January 2016 in Case R 644/2015-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay its own costs as well as the costs of the applicant.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Articles 7(1)(b), (c) and 7(2) of EUTMR;

Infringement of the principles of equal treatment and legal certainty;

Infringement of Articles 75 first sentence of EUTMR.

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