Action brought on 30 July 2024 – Freiraum v EUIPO – MeisterLabs (MemoMeister)

(Case T-395/24)

(C/2024/5335)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Freiraum GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) (represented by: F. Buchmann and B. Krahmer, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: MeisterLabs GmbH (Vaterstetten, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘MemoMeister’ – Application No 18 467 975

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 May 2024 in Case R 1402/2023-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—	annul the contested decision;

—	order EUIPO to pay the costs.

Pleas in law

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

—	Infringement of Article 94(1), second sentence, of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.