Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Action brought on 14 June 2024 – Shorts International v EUIPO (SHORTS)

(Case T-307/24)

(C/2024/4609)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Shorts International Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister-at-Law)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark SHORTS – Application for registration No 18 417 018

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 April 2024 in Case R 2199/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | make an order for the registration of the trade mark at issue for all of the goods and services in which registration was refused in Classes 9, 38, 41 and 42; |

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| — | order EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those of the applicant. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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