Action brought on 4 April 2022 — FA World Entertainment v EUIPO (FUCKING AWESOME)

(Case T-178/22)

(2022/C 207/71)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: FA World Entertainment Inc. (Los Angeles, California, United States) (represented by: M. Breuer, I. Dimitrov and C. Tenbrock, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark FUCKING AWESOME — Application for registration No 1 564 573

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 February 2022 in Case R 1131/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—	annul the contested decision insofar as it dismissed the action before the Board of Appeal, i.e. insofar as the Board of Appeal assumed a violation of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

—	order EUIPO to pay the costs.

Pleas in law

—	Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

—	Infringement of the general principles of legal certainty, equal treatment and sound administration.