Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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|  | C/2024/4607 | 29.7.2024 |

Action brought on 14 June 2024 – sprd.net v EUIPO (Position of a capital letter ‘I’ and a heart on a label)

(Case T-305/24)

(C/2024/4607)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: sprd.net AG (Leipzig, Germany) (represented by: J. Hellenbrand, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: Application for an EU position mark comprising a capital letter ‘I’ and a heart on a label – Application for registration No 18 705 044

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 April 2024 in Case R 1774/2023-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of the principle of non-arbitrariness. |

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