Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 5.9.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 340/54 |

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Action brought on 19 July 2022 — Hofmeir Magnetics v EUIPO — Healthfactories (Hofmag)

(Case T-452/22)

(2022/C 340/73)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Hofmeir Magnetics Ltd (Witney, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Baur, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Healthfactories GmbH (Saaldorf-Surheim, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark Hofmag — Application for registration No 18 107 493

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 May 2022 in Case R 1367/2021-5

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 to bear the costs, including those incurred in the appeal proceeding. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Incorrect restriction of the claimant’s unregistered mark HOFMAG in terms of a designation which does not satisfy the criterion ‘of more than mere local significance’ within the meaning of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Failure to take into account the sign ‘Hofmag’ as a commercial designation (as a relevant sign in terms of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in relation to Germany/Austria. |

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