Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 25.7.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 284/56 |

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Action brought on 8 June 2022 — Etablissements Nicolas v EUIPO — St. Nicolaus (NICOLAS)

(Case T-340/22)

(2022/C 284/77)

Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties

Applicant: Etablissements Nicolas (Thiais, France) (represented by: T. de Haan, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: St. Nicolaus a.s. (Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark NICOLAS — International registration designating the European Union No 1 228 435

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 March 2022 in Case R 1780/2020-4

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 to pay the costs, including the costs incurred by the applicant in the course of proceedings before the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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