Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 27.7.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 247/42 |

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Action brought on 29 May 2020 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Le-Vel Brands (Le-Vel)

(Case T-331/20)

(2020/C 247/58)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: S. Correa Rodríguez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Le-Vel Brands LLC (Frisco, Texas, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark Le-Vel — Application for registration No 15 229 974

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 March 2020 in Case R 2113/2019-4

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 European Union trade mark application ‘Le-vel’, No 15 229 974, for all goods and services in class 3 and 35; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the intervener (in case Le-Vel Brands, LLC. decides to intervene in the present proceedings) to pay the costs. |

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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