Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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|  | C/2024/2773 | 29.4.2024 |

Action brought on 23 February 2024 – Whitehorse Liquidity Partners v EUIPO – HIG Whitehorse Management (H.I.G. WHITEHORSE)

(Case T-111/24)

(C/2024/2773)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, Inc. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) (represented by: S. Geerlings, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: HIG Whitehorse Management LLC (Miami, Florida, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark H.I.G. WHITEHORSE – European Union trade mark No 11 882 073

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 December 2023 in Case R 123/2023-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | Annul the contested decision; |

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| — | Revoke the trade mark at issue; |

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| — | Order the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Cancellation Division and the Board of Appeal. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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