Action brought on 8 September 2023 – Skins IP v EUIPO – Symphony (S SKINS)

(Case T-559/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Skins IP Ltd (Shirebrook, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister-at-Law)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Symphony Holdings Ltd (Hamilton, Bermuda)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark S SKINS – European Union trade mark No 5 310 511

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 June 2023 in Case R 1796/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

decide the appeal and revoke the class 10 specification in its entirety and revoke the class 25 specification save for the following goods:

Class 25: ‘Clothing, headgear, namely compression clothing, fitness wear, running wear’;

order EUIPO and the intervener (if the other party to the EUIPO proceedings duly participates as intervener) do bear their own costs and pay those of the applicant for annulment.

Pleas in law

Infringement of article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of article 58(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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