Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Action brought on 12 May 2025 – Kowalski v EUIPO – Hoyer (FLAMBIT)

(Case T-301/25)

(C/2025/3548)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Dariusz Kowalski (Mogilno, Poland) (represented by: P. Kurcman, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Hoyer SE (Visselhövede, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark FLAMBIT – European Union trade mark application No 18 759 983

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 March 2025 in Case R 633/2024-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision, as well as the decision of the Opposition Division in respect of the goods for which the opposition was upheld and remit the case to EUIPO, in order to amend the decision on the substance and register the trade mark at issue as requested; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Opposition Division, the Board of Appeal and the General Court. |

Plea in law

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

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