Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2026:292
Date: 2026-04-29
Language of the case: English

Action brought on 21 June 2025 – Groupvet v EUIPO – Philipp (ALFAVET) (Case T-403/25) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Groupvet EE (Thessaloniki, Greece) (represented by: O. Dimina, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Loretta Philipp (Hitzhusen, Germany) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark ALFAVET – Application for registration No 18 818 375 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 April 2025 in Case R 1869/2024-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision insofar as it rejected the application for all goods in Classes 3, 10 (partially), 31, and services in Class 44; order EUIPO to bear the costs; order the intervener, if any, to bear its own cost. 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 33(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of general principles of Union law to avoid the need for proof of use ; Infringement of the procedural rules of locus standi for filing an opposition. ____________