Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2022:141
Date: 2022-03-16
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Action brought on 4 June 2021 – Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO – Nordesta (APIAL) (Case T-315/21) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: I. Miralles Llorca, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Nordesta GmbH (Munich, Germany) 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 APIAL – Application for registration No 17 958 998 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 March 2021 in Case R 1560/2020-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: revoke the contested decision and reject the granting of the European Union trade mark No°17 958 998 APIAL for all goods in class 3, 4 and 5; order EUIPO and, in case Nordesta GmbH decides to intervene in the present proceedings, Nordesta GmbH, 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. ____________