CELEX: 62021TN0140
Language: en
Date: 2021-03-05 00:00:00
Title: Case T-140/21: Action brought on 5 March 2021 — Apologistics v EUIPO — Kerckhoff (apo-discounter.de)

10.5.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 182/60
            
         
      Action brought on 5 March 2021 — Apologistics v EUIPO — Kerckhoff (apo-discounter.de)
      (Case T-140/21)
      (2021/C 182/81)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Apologistics GmbH (Markkleeberg, Germany) (represented by: H. Hug, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Markus Kerckhoff (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
      
         Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark apo-discounter.de in red and yellow — European Union trade mark No 9 435 496
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 December 2020 in Case R 1439/2019-5
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision to the extent that the European Trademark apo-discounter.de (No. 9 435 496) was declared invalid for the following services:
                  Class 35 — Retail services in relation to pharmacy products, chemicals, household goods and goods for the health sector;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO to bear the costs of the proceeding.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.