Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 14.11.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 432/32 |

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Action brought on 23 September 2022 — Cyprus v EUIPO — Kolios (HALLOUMAKI)

(Case T-594/22)

(2022/C 432/40)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Republic of Cyprus (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister-at-Law)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Kolios AE Elliniki Viomichania Galaktos (Kilkis, Greece)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark HALLOUMAKI — Application for registration No 18 126 405

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 June 2022 in Case R 19/2022-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order that EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the EUIPO each bear their own costs and pay those of the applicant. |

Pleas in law

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| — | The Board of Appeal infringed Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by wrongly interpreting the services covered by the contested mark; |

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| — | The Board of Appeal infringed Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by failing to hold that consumers and the professional public could make a link between the specified services and the specified goods. |

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