Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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|  | C/2025/404 | 27.1.2025 |

Action brought on 20 November 2024 – EFFAS v EUIPO – CFA Institute (CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst)

(Case T-592/24)

(C/2025/404)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Societies (EFFAS) (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: E. Manresa Medina, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: CFA Institute (Charlottesville, Virginia, United States)

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 CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst – Application for registration No 14 902 341

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 September 2024 in Case R 1418/2022-2

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 and the intervener, if any, to pay the costs. |

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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