CELEX: 62020TN0369
Language: en
Date: 2020-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-369/20: Action brought on 13 June 2020 — EFFAS v EUIPO — CFA Institute (CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst)

3.8.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 255/33
            
         
      Action brought on 13 June 2020 — EFFAS v EUIPO — CFA Institute
      (CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst)
      (Case T-369/20)
      (2020/C 255/43)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: European Federation of Financial Analysts'Societies (EFFAS) (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: S. Merico and G. Macías Bonilla, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: CFA Institute (Charlottesville, Virginia, United States)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst — Application for registration No 14 902 341
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 31 March 2020 in Case R 1082/2019-5
      
         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.
               
            
         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.