Action brought on 29 September 2023 – Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen v EUIPO – Belles Marks (KINGSBURY)
(Case T-603/23)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: A. Marx and K. Wagner, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Belles Marks LTD (Larnaca, Cyprus)
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 word mark KINGSBURY – Application for registration No 18 483 041
Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 July 2023 in Case R 0481/2023-1
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul the contested decision;
order EUIPO and Belles Marks, in case that the latter decides to intervene, to bear their own costs;
order EUIPO and Belles Marks, in case that the latter decides to intervene, to pay the costs incurred by the applicant.
Plea in law
Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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