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|  | C/2025/4989 | 22.9.2025 |

Action brought on 5 August 2025 – Qingdao Ecopure Filter v EUIPO – Waterdrop Microdrink (Waterdrop)

(Case T-541/25)

(C/2025/4989)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Qingdao Ecopure Filter Co. Ltd (Qingdao, China) (represented by: O. Günzel, A. Wenninger-Lenz and M. Felis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Waterdrop Microdrink GmbH (Vienna, Austria)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark Waterdrop – European Union trade mark No 18 492 910

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 May 2025 in Case R 1696/2024-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | reject the application for a declaration of invalidity in its entirety; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to bear the costs of the proceedings. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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

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