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|  | C/2025/1443 | 10.3.2025 |

Action brought on 2 January 2025 – Zündapp v EUIPO – Longines (Device of a stylised shield with horizontal bars)

(Case T-3/25)

(C/2025/1443)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Zündapp Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Zossen, Germany) (represented by: M. Müller, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon SA (Saint-Imier, Switzerland)

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 (Device of a stylised shield with horizontal bars) – Application for registration No 18 702 981

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 October 2024 in Case R 262/2024-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | alter the contested decision to the effect that the opposition against the trade mark at issue is rejected; |

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| — | order EUIPO to bear the costs of the proceedings. |

Pleas 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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| — | Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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