Action brought on 22 July 2015 — Herm. Sprenger v OHIM — web2get (Shape of an articulated stirrup)

(Case T-396/15)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Herm. Sprenger GmbH & Co. KG (Iserlohn, Germany) (represented by: V. Schiller, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: web2get GmbH & Co. KG (Dülmen, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Three-dimensional Community trade mark (Shape of an articulated stirrup) — Community trade mark No 1 599 620

Procedure before OHIM: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 April 2015 in Case R 520/2015-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

reject web2get GmbH & Co. KG’s application for a declaration that the applicant’s Community trade mark No 1 599 620 is invalid;

order OHIM to pay the costs.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 52(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 7(1) of Regulation No 207/2009;

Infringement of Article 52(1)(a) and (2) in conjunction with Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009;

Infringement of Article 7(1)(e)(i) and (ii) of Regulation No 207/2009;

Infringement of Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009;

Infringement of Article 77(1) of Regulation No 207/2009.

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