Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:47
Date: 2024-01-31
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 19 September 2022 – ECE Group v EUIPO – ECE Piknik Ürünleri Plastik ve Kömür Üretim Ithalat Ihracat (ECE QUALITY OF LIFE) (Case T-581/22) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: M. Kloth, R. Briske, M. Tillwich and P. Funke, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: ECE Piknik Ürünleri Plastik ve Kömür Üretim Ithalat Ihracat Anonim Sirketi (Dilovasi/Kocaeli, Türkiye) 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 figurative mark ECE QUALITY OF LIFE – Application for registration No 18 163 717 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 July 2022 in Case R 1384/2021-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: amend the contested decision, so that the opposition is upheld in its entirety and the European Union trade mark application No 18 163 717 is refused in its entirety; order EUIPO 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. ____________