Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 22.5.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 179/72 |

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Action brought on 3 April 2023 — Lacroix v EUIPO — Xingyu Safety Tech (ADAMAS)

(Case T-177/23)

(2023/C 179/100)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Nathalie Lacroix (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: E. Sugrañes Coca and C. Sotomayor Garcia, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Xingyu Safety Tech Co. Ltd (Gaomi, China)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative trade mark ADAMAS — Application for registration No 18 387 424

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 January 2023 in Case R 2004/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | order to alter the contested decision by stating that the EUTM application No 18 387 424 ADAMAS must be granted for ‘sportswear; shoes’ in class 25 due to the lack of likelihood of confusion between the trademarks under comparison, after giving due consideration of the relevant circumstances of the case; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs; |

alternatively, should the Court refuse the first form of order, the applicant claims that Court should:

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| — | raise a decision ordering the annulment of the contested decision to the extent that the application No 18 387 424 is refused protection of class 25 goods; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Plea 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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