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Document 62024TN0592

Case T-592/24: Action brought on 20 November 2024 – EFFAS v EUIPO – CFA Institute (CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst)

OJ C, C/2025/404, 27.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/404/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/404/oj

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C/2025/404

27.1.2025

Action brought on 20 November 2024 – EFFAS v EUIPO – CFA Institute (CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst)

(Case T-592/24)

(C/2025/404)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Societies (EFFAS) (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: E. Manresa Medina, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

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 Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 September 2024 in Case R 1418/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO and the intervener, if any, to pay the costs.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/404/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)


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