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Language: en
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|  | C/2024/7357 | 16.12.2024 |

Action brought on 9 October 2024 – RGCC v EUIPO – Phiacademy Doo Beograd (PHI GROUP)

(Case T-521/24)

(C/2024/7357)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: RGCC Holdings AG (Zug, Switzerland) (represented by: P. Campolini and V. Van der Wangen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Phiacademy Doo Beograd (Belgrade, Serbia)

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 PHI GROUP – Application for registration No 18 722 371

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 July 2024 in Case R 137/2024-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | find that the opposition against the trade mark at issue fails in its entirety; |

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| — | in the alternative, refer the case to EUIPO in order to draw all the necessary consequences from the Court’s decision; |

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| — | order the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal; |

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| — | order EUIPO and, if necessary, the intervener, to pay the costs of the present proceedings. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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