Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:798
Date: 2023-12-13
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Action brought on 8 February 2023 – Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO – Ahlberg-Dollarstore (A’PEAL) (Case T-56/23) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: R. Guerras Mazón, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ahlberg-Dollarstore AB (Kista, Sweden) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark A’PEAL – Application for registration No 18 337 467 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 November 2022 in Case R 911/2022-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: revoke the contested decision and reject the trademark at issue for all goods in class 3 and 5; order EUIPO and, in case Ahlberg-Dollarstore AB decides to intervene in the present proceedings, Ahlberg-Dollarstore AB to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________