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

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|  | C/2024/755 | 22.1.2024 |

Action brought on 23 November 2023 — Lotus Bakeries v EUIPO (Combination of colours red and white)

(Case T-1096/23)

(C/2024/755)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Lotus Bakeries (Lembeke, Belgium) (represented by: C. Gommers, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union trade mark (Colour representing the combination of colours red and white) — Application for registration No 18 659 684

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 September 2023 in Case R 730/2023-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | refers the trade mark at issue back to the EUIPO for examination; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs including the costs in the proceedings before the First Board of Appeal. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Articles 4 and 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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

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| — | Infringement of the principles of proportionality and of equal treatment. |

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