Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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|  | C/2025/1656 | 24.3.2025 |

Action brought on 30 January 2025 – Casa Ermelinda Freitas v EUIPO – Eggers & Franke (EF)

(Case T-71/25)

(C/2025/1656)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Casa Ermelinda Freitas - Vinhos, SA (Águas de Moura, Portugal) (represented by: M. Martinho do Rosário, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Eggers & Franke Holding GmbH (Bremen, Germany)

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 EF – Application for registration No 17 927 894

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 November 2024 in Case R 466/2024-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs. |

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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