Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 16.8.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 329/41 |

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Action brought on 1 July 2021 — Sympatex Technologies v EUIPO — Liwe Española (Sympathy Inside)

(Case T-372/21)

(2021/C 329/54)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Sympatex Technologies GmbH (Unterföhring, Germany) (represented by: E. Strauß, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Liwe Española, SA (Puente Tocinos, Spain)

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 work mark Sympathy Inside — Application for registration No 16 286 106

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 April 2021 in Case R 1777/2018-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | reject the opposition against the European Union trademark application No 16 286 106 ‘Sympathy Inside’ (word mark) in its entirety; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs of the court proceedings and the other party to pay the costs incurred before the Board of Appeal and the Opposition Division. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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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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