Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 10.5.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 182/60 |

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Action brought on 5 March 2021 — Apologistics v EUIPO — Kerckhoff (apo-discounter.de)

(Case T-140/21)

(2021/C 182/81)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Apologistics GmbH (Markkleeberg, Germany) (represented by: H. Hug, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Markus Kerckhoff (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark apo-discounter.de in red and yellow — European Union trade mark No 9 435 496

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 December 2020 in Case R 1439/2019-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision to the extent that the European Trademark apo-discounter.de (No. 9 435 496) was declared invalid for the following services:  Class 35 — Retail services in relation to pharmacy products, chemicals, household goods and goods for the health sector; |

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| — | order EUIPO to bear the costs of the proceeding. |

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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