Official Journal of the European Union

C series

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C/2024/7040

(Case T-515/24)

(C/2024/7040)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Lavrentios Lavrentiadis (Athens, Greece) (represented by: E. Tsakiri, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Dalli-Werke GmbH & Co. KG (Stolberg, Germany)

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 DALL – Application for registration No 18 687 172

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 August 2024 in Case R 2552/2023-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul the contested decision;

—reject the opposition in its entirety;

—order EUIPO to pay the costs relating to the present proceedings and those incurred in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal; in the alternative, if the other party before the Board of Appeal intervenes, order EUIPO and the intervener to jointly and severally pay the costs.

Pleas in law

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

—Infringement of Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

—Infringement of various provisions of EU law requiring manufacturers to indicate the commercial origin or their products and clearly distinguish among product categories.