22.8.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 318/43


Action brought on 5 July 2022 — adp Merkur v EUIPO — psmtec (SEVEN 7)

(Case T-408/22)

(2022/C 318/58)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: adp Merkur GmbH (Espelkamp, Germany) (represented by: K. Mandel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: psmtec GmbH (Illertissen, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark SEVEN SEVEN 7 — Application No 18 123 915

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 April 2022 in Case R 1498/2021-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

uphold the opposition in its entirety;

refuse the EU trade mark application No 18 123 915 for ‘SEVEN SEVEN 7’ in respect of all of the contested goods in Class 9, namely ‘Software for games on video devices; Game software; Electronic game software; Software’;

order EUIPO to pay the costs.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.