Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 27.3.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 112/43 |

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Action brought on 8 February 2023 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Ahlberg-Dollarstore (A’PEAL)

(Case T-56/23)

(2023/C 112/55)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: R. Guerras Mazón, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ahlberg-Dollarstore AB (Kista, Sweden)

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 A’PEAL — Application for registration No 18 337 467

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 November 2022 in Case R 911/2022-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | revoke the contested decision and reject the trademark at issue for all goods in class 3 and 5; |

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| — | order EUIPO and, in case Ahlberg-Dollarstore AB decides to intervene in the present proceedings, Ahlberg-Dollarstore AB to pay the costs. |

Pleas 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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| — | Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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