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|  | C/2025/3418 | 30.6.2025 |

Action brought on 16 April 2025 – Telefónica Germany v EUIPO – ePlus (E-PLUS GRUPPE)

(Case T-256/25)

(C/2025/3418)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG (Munich, Germany) (represented by: P. Neuwald, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: ePlus Inc. (Herndon, Virginia, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark E-PLUS GRUPPE – European Union trade mark No 6 287 528

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 February 2025 in Case R 395/2024-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision and reject the application for revocation; |

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| — | order EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the applicant in the proceedings before the General Court, the Cancellation Division and the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO; |

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| — | order any intervener to bear its own costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of the right to sound administration; |

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| — | Infringement of essential procedural requirements. |

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