CELEX: 62021TN0678
Language: en
Date: 2021-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-678/21: Action brought on 19 October 2021 — Mendes v EUIPO — Actial Farmaceutica (VSL3TOTAL)

13.12.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 502/41
            
         
      Action brought on 19 October 2021 — Mendes v EUIPO — Actial Farmaceutica (VSL3TOTAL)
      (Case T-678/21)
      (2021/C 502/61)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Mendes SA (Lugano, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Cavattoni, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Actial Farmaceutica Srl (Rome, Italy)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
      
         Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark VSL3TOTAL — European Union trade mark No 11 702 172
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 August 2021 in Case R 1568/2020-2
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  uphold the present action;
               
            
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  condemn the other party in the proceedings to bear the costs and fees.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 60(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.