CELEX: 62021TN0430
Language: en
Date: 2021-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-430/21: Action brought on 15 July 2021 — Apex Brands v EUIPO — SARTORIUS Werkzeuge (SATA)

6.9.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 357/30
            
         
      Action brought on 15 July 2021 — Apex Brands v EUIPO — SARTORIUS Werkzeuge (SATA)
      (Case T-430/21)
      (2021/C 357/46)
      Language in which the application was lodged: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Apex Brands, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: S. Fröhlich, H. Lerchl and M. Hartmann, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: SARTORIUS Werkzeuge GmbH & Co. KG (Ratingen, Germany)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark SATA — Application for registration No 18 051 525
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 May 2021 in Case R 2322/2020-4
      
         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 and the costs incurred by the applicant.
               
            
         Pleas 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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                  Infringement of the general principle of equal treatment.