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Language: en
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|  | C/2024/2448 | 8.4.2024 |

Action brought on 19 February 2024 — VanKing Celkar Group v EUIPO — Accell Nederland (SPARTAN PARTS)

(Case T-88/24)

(C/2024/2448)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: VanKing Celkar Group PSA (Niepołomice, Poland) (represented by: A. Michalak, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Accell Nederland BV (Heerenveen, Netherlands)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark SPARTAN PARTS — Application for registration No 18 568 813

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 December 2023 in Case R 893/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | annul the Opposition Division’s decision; |

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| — | remit the case to EUIPO so that it can alter the decision on the substance of the case and register the mark applied for; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs incurred in the proceedings before the Opposition Division, the Board of Appeal and the Court. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Article 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding comparison of the marks; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding comparison of the goods and the likelihood of confusion. |

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