Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 11.7.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 266/24 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 4 May 2022 — PricewaterhouseCoopers Belastingadviseurs NV v EUIPO — Haufe-Lexware (TAXMARC)

(Case T-619/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2022266EN.01002402-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark TAXMARC - Prior EU figurative mark TAXMAN - Suspension of proceedings - Article 71(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625)

(2022/C 266/28)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: PricewaterhouseCoopers Belastingadviseurs NV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: R. Stoop, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) (represented by: N. Hebeis, lawyer)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 July 2021 (Case R 131/2021-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Haufe-Lexware GmbH Co. KG and the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 July 2021 (Case R 131/2021-4); |

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| 2. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by PricewaterhouseCoopers Belastingadviseurs NV for the purposes of the proceedings before the Court; |

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| 3. | Orders Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG to bear its own costs relating to the proceedings before the Court. |

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