Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 7.6.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 217/56 |

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Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Laboratories Ern v EUIPO — Beta Sports (META)

(Case T-192/21)

(2021/C 217/71)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: T. González Martínez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Beta Sports LLC (Coconut Creek, Florida, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for the EU word mark META — Application for registration No 17 973 308

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 January 2021 in Case R 1152/2020-2

Forms of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | reject the application for European Union trade mark No 17 973 308 META in Class 5; |

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| — | order the defendant, or if applicable, the intervener, to pay the costs. |

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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