Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 29.8.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 326/27 |

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Action brought on 11 July 2022 — Topas v EUIPO — Tarczyński (VEGE STORY)

(Case T-434/22)

(2022/C 326/37)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Topas GmbH (Mössingen, Germany) (represented by: S. Hofmann and W. Göpfert, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Tarczyński S.A. (Trzebnica, Poland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark VEGE STORY — Application for registration No 18 213 582

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 May 2022 in Case R 1977/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision insofar as the opposition decision of 29 September 2021 has been annulled and the opposition has been rejected in its entirety; |

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| — | order the opponent to bear the costs of the appeal and opposition proceedings. |

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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