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|  | C/2025/3549 | 7.7.2025 |

Action brought on 12 May 2025 – Van Eck Associates v EUIPO – Vector (MARKETVECTOR INDEXES)

(Case T-302/25)

(C/2025/3549)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Van Eck Associates Corp. (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: M. Groebl, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Vector (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark MARKETVECTOR INDEXES – International registration designating the European Union No 1 673 539

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 March 2025 in Case R 1923/2024-4

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, including those incurred for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 47(2) and (3), as well as of Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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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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