Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 20.3.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 104/39 |

---

Action brought on 30 January 2023 — Tradias v EUIPO — Triodos Bank (Tradias)

(Case T-32/23)

(2023/C 104/59)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Tradias GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: P. Bär, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Triodos Bank NV (Zeist, Netherlands)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for a European Union word mark Tradias — Application for registration No 18 262 673

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 November 2022 in Case R 734/2022-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | annul the contested decision, insofar as it upheld the opposition for ‘Finance Services’ in class 36 and reject the opposition in its entirety; |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | order EUIPO and, as the case may be, Triodos Bank NV to pay the costs incurred before the Court and in the proceedings before EUIPO’s Board of Appeals. |

Plea in law

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

---

[Top](#document1)