Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 22.11.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 471/64 |

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Action brought on 4 October 2021 — Target Brands v EUIPO — The a.r.t. company b&s (ART CLASS)

(Case T-637/21)

(2021/C 471/89)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Target Brands, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) (represented by: R. Kunze, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: The a.r.t. company b&s, SA (Quel, 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 ART CLASS — Application for registration No 16 888 695

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 June 2021 in Case R 1597/2019-5

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 defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings, including those incurred before the Board of Appeal as well as the Opposition Division. |

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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