Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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|  | C/2023/774 | 20.11.2023 |

Action brought on 29 September 2023 — Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen v EUIPO — Belles Marks (KINGSBURY)

(Case T-603/23)

(C/2023/774)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: A. Marx and K. Wagner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Belles Marks LTD (Larnaca, Cyprus)

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 word mark KINGSBURY — Application for registration No 18 483 041

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 July 2023 in Case R 0481/2023-1

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 Belles Marks, in case that the latter decides to intervene, to bear their own costs; |

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| — | order EUIPO and Belles Marks, in case that the latter decides to intervene, to pay the costs incurred by the applicant. |

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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