Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  C series |

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Action brought on 20 February 2025 – Novavax v EUIPO – Brill International (MATRIX-A)

(Case T-126/25)

(C/2025/2405)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Novavax AB (Uppsala, Sweden) (represented by: M. Ateva, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Brill International, SL (Barcelona, Spain)

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 MATRIX-A – Application for registration No 18 573 272

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 December 2024 in Case R 2261/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs of the applicant in these proceedings and in the proceedings before the Opposition Division and the Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |

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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