Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 22.11.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 471/55 |

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Action brought on 27 September 2021 — PricewaterhouseCoopers Belastingadviseurs v EUIPO — Haufe-Lexware (TAXMARC)

(Case T-619/21)

(2021/C 471/79)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: PricewaterhouseCoopers Belastingadviseurs NV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: R. Stoop, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG (Freiburg, Germany)

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 word mark TAXMARC — Application for registration No 18 047 421

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 July 2021 in Case R 131/2021-4

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 this application and order Haufe-Lexware to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Opposition Division and the Board of Appeal. |

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 Article 71(1)(b) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625. |

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