Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 6.9.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 357/30 |

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Action brought on 15 July 2021 — Apex Brands v EUIPO — SARTORIUS Werkzeuge (SATA)

(Case T-430/21)

(2021/C 357/46)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Apex Brands, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: S. Fröhlich, H. Lerchl and M. Hartmann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: SARTORIUS Werkzeuge GmbH & Co. KG (Ratingen, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark SATA — Application for registration No 18 051 525

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 May 2021 in Case R 2322/2020-4

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 to pay the costs of the proceedings and the costs incurred by the applicant. |

Pleas 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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| — | Infringement of the general principle of equal treatment. |

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