Action brought on 23 May 2022 – Sattvica v EUIPO – Herederos de Diego Armando Maradona (DIEGO MARADONA)

(Case T-299/22)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Sattvica SA (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (represented by: S. Sánchez Quiles, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Herederos de Diego Armando Maradona (Buenos Aires)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU trade mark No 2 243 947 DIEGO MARADONA – Registration No T 019 473 761

Proceedings before EUIPO: Recordal in the files and in the Register

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 March 2022 in Case R 755/2021-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision and replace it with another decision recording the transfer of trade mark No 2 243 947 DIEGO MARADONA to SATTVICA SA;

order the defendant to pay the costs, including those incurred before the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO.

Plea in law

Misapplication of Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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