Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:700
Date: 2022-11-09
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: France

Action brought on 22 September 2021 – L’Oréal v EUIPO – Heinze (K K WATER) (Case T-610/21) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: L’Oréal (Paris, France) (represented by: T. de Haan, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Arne-Patrik Heinze (Hamburg, Germany) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark K K WATER – Application for registration No 18 092 777 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 June 2021 in Case R 2327/2020-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: set aside the contested decision; order EUIPO and the intervener to bear the costs, including those incurred by the applicant before the Office’s Second Board of Appeal. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________