Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 17.7.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 252/71 |

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Action brought on 24 May 2023 — Unilab v EUIPO — Cofares (Healthily)

(Case T-288/23)

(2023/C 252/85)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Unilab LP (Rockville, Maryland, United States) (represented by: M. Kondrat, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Cofares, Sociedad Cooperativa Farmaceutica Española (Madrid, 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 figurative mark Healthily — Application for registration No 18 324 697

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 March 2023 in Case R 1959/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision and refer the case back to the EUIPO for reconsideration; or |

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| — | alter the contested decision by stating that there are no relative grounds for refusal of registration of the trade mark at issue for all goods in classes 3, 5, 10 and the trademark shall be registered in its entirety; |

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| — | award the costs in the applicant’s favour. |

Pleas 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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| — | Infringement of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations and the principle of legal certainty; |

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| — | Infringement of Articles 94(1) and 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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