CELEX: 62021TN0443
Language: en
Date: 2021-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Case T-443/21: Action brought on 26 July 2021 — YAplus DBA Yoga Alliance v EUIPO — Vidyanand (YOGA ALLIANCE INDIA INTERNATIONAL)

13.9.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 368/31
            
         
      Action brought on 26 July 2021 — YAplus DBA Yoga Alliance v EUIPO — Vidyanand (YOGA ALLIANCE INDIA INTERNATIONAL)
      (Case T-443/21)
      (2021/C 368/46)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: YAplus DBA Yoga Alliance (Arlington, Virginia, United States) (represented by: A. Thünken, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Swami Vidyanand (Villupuram, India)
      
         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: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark YOGA ALLIANCE INDIA INTERNATIONAL — International registration designating the European Union No 1 415 321
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 May 2021 in Case R 1062/2020-1
      
         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 and, as the case may be, the intervener to bear the costs of the proceedings and the costs incurred by proceedings before the EUIPO.
               
            
         Pleas in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Infringement of 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.