Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 22.5.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 179/71 |

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Action brought on 31 March 2023 — Hong Kong NetEase Interactive Entertainment v EUIPO — Medion (LifeAfter)

(Case T-175/23)

(2023/C 179/98)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Hong Kong NetEase Interactive Entertainment Ltd (Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, China) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Medion AG (Essen, Germany)

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 trade mark LifeAfter — Application for registration No 17 992 446

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 December 2022 in Case R 557/2022-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision, expressly according the registration of the EU trade mark No 17 992 446; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the intervening party, Medion AG to pay all the costs of the dispute before the General Court, including those relating to the procedure before the EUIPO. |

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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