Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 10.5.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 191/33 |

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Action brought on 10 March 2022 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — Impossible Foods (IMPOSSIBLE BURGER)

(Case T-131/22)

(2022/C 191/42)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Jaeger-Lenz, M. Goldmann and C. Elkemann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Impossible Foods Inc. (Redwood City, California, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark IMPOSSIBLE BURGER — European Union trade mark No 17 968 798

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 December 2021 in Case R 973/2021-5

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 pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court and order the intervener to pay the costs before the EUIPO. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 94(1), second sentence, read in conjunction with Article 70(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 95(1), first sentence, read in conjunction with third sentence of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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