Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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Action brought on 3 December 2024 – Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group v EUIPO – Kamstar (Kimsum)

(Case T-621/24)

(C/2025/587)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group LLC (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl, C. Eckhartt and P. Böhner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Kamstar GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany)

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 trade mark Kimsum – Application for registration No 18 722 126

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 September 2024 in Case R 2370/2023-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | alter the contested decision to the effect that the application to register the word mark Kimsum is further rejected for ‘Day care and elderly care facilities’ in Class 43; |

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| — | order EUIPO and (in case Kamstar GmbH intervenes) Kamstar GmbH to pay the costs of the proceedings. |

Plea in law

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

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