CELEX: 62022TN0009
Language: en
Date: 2022-01-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-9/22: Action brought on 7 January 2022 — Olimp Laboratories v EUIPO (VITA-MIN MULTIPLE SPORT)

21.2.2022   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 84/51
            
         
      Action brought on 7 January 2022 — Olimp Laboratories v EUIPO (VITA-MIN MULTIPLE SPORT)
      (Case T-9/22)
      (2022/C 84/71)
      Language of the case: Polish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Olimp Laboratories sp. z o.o. (Dębica, Poland) (represented by: M. Kondrat, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for EU word mark VITA-MIN MULTIPLE SPORT — Application No 18 115 249
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 November 2021 in Case R 771/2020-1
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision and remit the case to EUIPO for further consideration;
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                  amend the contested decision by declaring that, in relation to the mark ‘VITA-MIN MULTIPLE SPORT’ applied for in respect of goods in Class 5 of the Nice Agreement, there is no absolute ground for refusal, pursuant to Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of [Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark], based on the sign’s lack of any distinctive character or its descriptive character;
               
            
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                  make an appropriate order as to costs.
               
            
         Pleas in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 103(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Infringement of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations and the principle of legal certainty.