Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:151
Date: 2023-03-22
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 24 May 2022 – Fun Factory v EUIPO – I Love You (love you so much) (Case T-306/22) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Fun Factory GmbH (Bremen, Germany) (represented by: K.-D. Franzen, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: I Love You, Inc. (Lewes, Delaware, United States) 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 word mark love you so much – Application for registration No 18 157 726 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 March 2022 in Case R 1464/2021-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision and grant the applicant’s appeal; order the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to bear the costs incurred. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________