CELEX: 62020TN0429
Language: en
Date: 2020-07-08 00:00:00
Title: Case T-429/20: Action brought on 8 July 2020 — Sedus Stoll v EUIPO — Kappes (Sedus ergo+)

24.8.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 279/60
            
         
      Action brought on 8 July 2020 — Sedus Stoll v EUIPO — Kappes (Sedus ergo+)
      (Case T-429/20)
      (2020/C 279/74)
      Language in which the application was lodged: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Sedus Stoll AG (Dogern, Germany) (represented by: M. Goldmann and J. Thomsen)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Wolfgang Kappes (Bochum, Germany)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for EU word mark Sedus ergo+ — Application for registration No 144 074 98
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 March 2020 in Case R 1303/2019-1
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  dismiss the appeal against the decision of the Opposition Division in Case B 2 863 929; and
               
            
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                  order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union and order the potential intervener (Wolfgang Kappes) to pay the costs of the appeal proceedings before 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.