Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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|  | C/2025/920 | 17.2.2025 |

Action brought on 6 December 2024 – EFFAS v EUIPO – CFA Institute (CEFA EFFAS Certified European Financial Analyst)

(Case T-632/24)

(C/2025/920)

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 figurative mark CEFA EFFAS Certified European Financial Analyst – Application for registration No 18 664 852

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 October 2024 in joined cases R 409/2024-1 and R 436/2024-1

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 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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