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/2024/2169 | 25.3.2024 |

Action brought on 5 February 2024 — Schmidt Spiele v EUIPO — de Gea Quintana (DDG)

(Case T-53/24)

(C/2024/2169)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Schmidt Spiele GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: T. Urek, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: David de Gea Quintana (Hale Barns, United Kingdom)

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 DDG — Application for registration No 18 567 763

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 December 2023 in Case R 1039/2023-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | annul the decision of the Opposition Division of 28 September 2021; |

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| — | refer the case back to EUIPO; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs of the proceedings before EUIPO. |

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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