Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2022:42
Date: 2022-02-02
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 13 April 2021 – Vita Zahnfabrik v EUIPO – VIPI Produtos Odontológicos (VITABLOCS TriLuxe forte) (Case T-202/21) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG (Bad Säckingen, Germany) (represented by: A. Theis and F. Hauck, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: VIPI Indústria, Comércio, Exportação E Importação De Produtos Odontológicos LTDA (Pirassununga, Brazil) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark VITABLOCS TriLuxe forte – International registration designating the European Union No 1 346 271 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 February 2021 in Case R 818/2020-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: alter the contested decision in the way that the opposition against the European Union part of the international registration No 1 346 271 is dismissed in its entirety and that the costs of the proceedings before the EUIPO are imposed on the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal; annul the contested decision as an auxiliary request; impose the costs of these proceedings before the General Court on EUIPO. Plea in law Misapplication of Articles 47(5) and 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________