Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Action brought on 14 October 2024 – Vassilev & Chisuse v EUIPO – Vayanos Kostopoulos (VC LAW)

(Case T-524/24)

(C/2025/84)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Vassilev & Chisuse Law Firm (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented by: Y. Blyahova, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Vayanos Kostopoulos Law Firm (Athens, Greece)

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 trade mark VC LAW– Application for registration No 18 460 787

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 August 2024 in Case R 0588/2023-1

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 the intervener in the present proceedings to bear their own costs and to pay the Applicant’s costs of these proceedings, as well as the costs of the appeal procedure before the Board of Appeal. |

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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