Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 11.4.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 158/13 |

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Action brought on 28 February 2022 — Schneider v EUIPO — Frutaria Comercial de Frutas y Hortalizas (frutania)

(Case T-109/22)

(2022/C 158/16)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Markus Schneider (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: M. Bergermann and D. Graetsch, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Frutaria Comercial de Frutas y Hortalizas, SL (Zaragoza, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Application for EU figurative mark frutania in blue — Application for registration No 11 987 419

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 December 2021 in Case R 1058/2017-1

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, including those incurred in the appeal proceedings. |

Plea in law

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| — | incorrect application and interpretation of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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