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|  | C/2024/2449 | 8.4.2024 |

Action brought on 19 February 2024 — Airbnb v EUIPO — Airtasker (AIRBNB)

(Case T-94/24)

(C/2024/2449)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Airbnb, Inc. (San Francisco, California, United States) (represented by: M. Maier and A. Nordemann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Airtasker Pty Ltd (Sydney, Australia)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark AIRBNB — European Union trade mark No 9 376 468

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 December 2023 in Joined Cases R 886/2022-2 and R 893/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision in relation to the services, as circumscribed by the applicant, in respect of which the trade mark was revoked; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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