Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 22.5.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 179/74 |

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Action brought on 5 April 2023 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Samar’t Pharma (Bl blue pigment)

(Case T-180/23)

(2023/C 179/102)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: L’Oréal (Paris, France) (represented by: T. de Haan and S. Vandezande, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Samar’t Pharma, SL (Vilamalla, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark Bl blue pigment — Application for registration No 18 338 656

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 January 2023 in Case R 1102/2022-4

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 the intervener to bear the costs, including those incurred by the applicant before the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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