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Language: en
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Action brought on 8 August 2025 – TP-Link Deutschland v EUIPO – tado (tado)

(Case T-545/25)

(C/2025/5088)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: TP-Link Deutschland GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: S. Fröhlich, M. Hartmann and H. Lerchl, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: tado GmbH (Munich, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘tado’ – EU trade mark No 11 184 991

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 May 2025 in joined Cases R 994/2024-1 and R 1069/2024-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in conjunction with the third sentence of Article 19(1) and Article 10(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625.

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