Action brought on 27 August 2021 – Neratax v EUIPO – Piraeus Bank and Others (ELLO ERMOL, Ello creamy, ELLO, MORFAT Creamy and MORFAT)

(Case T-528/21)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Neratax LTD (Nicosia, Cyprus) (represented by: V. Katsavos, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Piraeus Bank SA (Athens, Greece), National Bank of Greece (Athens), Eurobank Ergasias SA (Athens)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade marks at issue: European Union word marks ELLO, MORFAT and European Union figurative marks ELLO ERMOL, Ello Creamy, MORFAT Creamy – European Union trade marks Nos 12 549 499 (ELLO), 12 549 821 (MORFAT), 14 715 783 (ELLO ERMOL), 14 722 243 (Ello creamy), 14 715 726 (MORFAT Creamy)

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decisions: Decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 June 2021 in Cases R 1295/2020-4, R 1296/2020-4, R 1298/2020-4, R 1299/2020-4, R 1302/2020-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

legally cancel, revoke and annul the contested decisions;

for the rightful ownership of the trademarks of the application to be upheld and recognized as the applicant’s intellectual property;

order the opposing parties to pay the costs incurred in the course of the present proceedings.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Articles 101 to 106 TFEU;

Infringement of Articles 19 to 29 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of recital 7 and Article 17(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625.

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