Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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|  | C/2023/671 | 13.11.2023 |

Action brought on 27 September 2023 — Nio v EUIPO — Audi (ES8)

(Case T-593/23)

(C/2023/671)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Nio Holding Co. Ltd (Hefei, China) (represented by: T. Hogh Holub, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Audi AG (Ingolstadt, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ES8 — EU trade mark No 16 079 196

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 July 2023 in Case R 547/2023-1

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 and AUDI AG to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 60(1)(a), read in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, read in conjunction with Article 27(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 64(2), read in conjunction with Article 18(1), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, read in conjunction with Article 10(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625. |

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