7.8.2023

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/28

(Case T-346/23)

(2023/C 278/39)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Finastra International Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Fenestrae BV (‘s-Gravenhage, Netherlands)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the European Union word mark FINASTRA — International registration designating the European Union No 1 405 804

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 April 2023 in Case R 1296/2022-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul the contested decision;

—order EUIPO (and the intervener, should it take part in these proceedings) to bear its own costs and pay the costs of the applicant for annulment before this Court and before the Board of Appeal.

Pleas in law

—Wrong interpretation of the specified goods & services;

—Misidentification of the relevant public;

—Failing to apply the rule of conceptual counteraction as regards a specialised public.