Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 13.2.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 54/22 |

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Action brought on 23 December 2022 — 3M v EUIPO (Representation of two luminous yellow bands with a silver grey band between)

(Case T-801/22)

(2023/C 54/26)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: 3M Company (St. Paul, Minnesota, United States) (represented by: T. de Haan, and S. Vandezande, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark (Representation of two luminous yellow bands with a silver grey band between) — Application for registration No 16 438 962

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 October 2022 in Case R 1151/2018-1

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 by the applicant before the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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