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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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|  | C/2024/1884 | 11.3.2024 |

Action brought on 29 January 2024 — Porczyńska v EUIPO — Gap (ITM) (gappol)

(Case T-44/24)

(C/2024/1884)

Language in which the application was lodged: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Marzena Porczyńska (Łódź, Poland) (represented by: P. Matyjek, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Gap (ITM), Inc. (San Francisco, California, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘gappol’ — EU trade mark No 15 218 092

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 December 2023 in Case R 634/2023-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the decisions at first and second instance in their entirety and discontinue the proceedings; or alternatively: |

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| — | amend the contested decision by annulling the contested decision at first and second instance and dismissing the GAP application in its entirety; or alternatively: |

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| — | annul the contested decision at first and second instance and refer the case back to EUIPO for a fresh decision at first instance; |

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| — | irrespective of the decision on the merits, order GAP to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs of legal representation, to Marzena Porczyńska. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 60(1)(a) read in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001; |

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| — | Infringement of Articles 61(1), 61(3), 109(1) and 120(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 64(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001 and Article 19(2) Regulation 2018/625. |

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