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Document 62016TN0156

Case T-156/16: Action brought on 7 April 2016 — CFA Institute v EUIPO — Ernst and Häcker (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL MODELER CFM)

OJ C 211, 13.6.2016, p. 60–61 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

13.6.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 211/60

Action brought on 7 April 2016 — CFA Institute v EUIPO — Ernst and Häcker (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL MODELER CFM)

(Case T-156/16)

(2016/C 211/74)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: CFA Institute (Charlottesville, Virginia, United States) (represented by: S. Rohlfing and G. Engels, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Dietmar Ernst (Nürtingen, Germany), Joachim Häcker (Nürtingen)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicants of the trade mark at issue: Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark containing the word element ‘CERTIFIED FINANCIAL MODELER CFM’ — Application for registration No 9 569 658

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 January 2016 in Case R 9/2015-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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annul the contested decision;

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uphold the opposition filed by the plaintiff against the trademark application No 9 569 658 by the participants;

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order EUIPO to pay the costs or;

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in case the participants will join the proceedings as interveners, to order the participants to pay the costs incurred by the plaintiff both in the appeal proceedings before the EUIPO and in the proceedings before the General Court.

Pleas in law

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Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;

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Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009.
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