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(2021/C 422/38)
Language in which the application was lodged: French
Applicant: Pierre Lannier (Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne, France) (represented by: N. Boespflug, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Pierre Lang Trading GmbH (Vienna, Austria)
Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
Trade mark at issue: Application for EU figurative mark PL — Application for registration No 16 176 992
Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 June 2021 in Case R 1915/2020-5
The applicant claims that the Court should:
—declare the appeal brought against the opposition decision to be inadmissible because the statement of grounds was not submitted within the time limit;
—annul the contested decision is so far as it states that the mark applied for is similar to the earlier mark;
—order EUIPO to pay the costs;
—order the company Pierre Lang GmbH to pay the costs occasioned by its intervention, should it intervene.
—Infringement of Article 22(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625, and of Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
—Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.