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Document 62021TN0160

Case T-160/21: Action brought on 25 March 2021 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Malpricht (APIRETAL)

OJ C 206, 31.5.2021, p. 31–32 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

Date of document:
25/03/2021
Date lodged:
25/03/2021
Author:
General Court
Form:
Judicial information
Authentic language:
English
Type of procedure:
Action for annulment
Defendant:
European Union Intellectual Property Office
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31.5.2021   

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 206/31

Action brought on 25 March 2021 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Malpricht (APIRETAL)

(Case T-160/21)

(2021/C 206/39)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: T. González Martínez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ingrid Malpricht (Ludwigshafen, Germany)

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 APIRETAL — European Union trade mark No 4 814 158

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 January 2021 in Case R 1004/2020-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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uphold the present appeal;

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revoke the defendant’s decision of 20 March 2020;

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annul the contested decision of 20 January 2021;

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revoke the cancellation for non-use the EUTM no. 4 814 158 ‘APERITAL’ in relation to contested goods in Class 5 while maintaining the registration of these goods (as well as to ‘pharmaceutical preparations’);

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order EUIPO and the other party to the appeal proceedings, should it intervene in these proceedings, to pay the costs.

Pleas in law

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Misinterpretation of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council when examining the concept of genuine use of the contested mark of any of the contested goods;

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Misinterpretation of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council when assessing the concept of the proper reason for non-use.
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