Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:728
Date: 2024-10-23
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Portugal

Action brought on 24 August 2023 – Sumol + Compal Marcas v EUIPO – Boiron frères (FRUITOLOGY) (Case T-523/23) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Sumol + Compal Marcas SA (Carnaxide, Portugal) (represented by: A. de Sampaio, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Boiron frères (Châteauneuf-sur-Isère, France) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark FRUITOLOGY – International registration designating the European Union No 11 533 287 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 June 2023 in joined Cases R 797/2022-2 and R 804/2022-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; annul the decision of the Opposition Division insofar as it granted protection for some services in Class 41; order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________