Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:215
Date: 2022-04-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Austria

Action brought on 30 June 2021 – Biogena v EUIPO – Alter Farmacia (NUTRIFEN AGNUBALANCE) (Case T-370/21) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Biogena GmbH & Co KG (Salzburg, Austria) (represented by: I. Schiffer, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Alter Farmacia, SA (Madrid, Spain) 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 NUTRIFEN AGNUBALANCE – International registration designating the European Union No 1 430 349 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 April 2021 in Case R 1208/2020-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; grant the registration of the IR 1 430 349 for all applied goods; order EUIPO and Alter Farmacia, S. A. 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 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________