Action brought on 8 February 2024 – Lidl v EUIPO – Liquidleds Lighting (LED light bulbs)
(Case T-66/24)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Lidl Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG (Anzig, Germany) (represented by: T. Dolde, C. Zimmer and M. Hawkins, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Liquidleds Lighting Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan)
Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
Proprietor of the design at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Design at issue: Community design LED light bulbs – Community design No 3 619 881-0003
Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 November 2023 in Case R 2336/2022-3
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul the contested decision;
order EUIPO and/or the other party before the Board of Appeal (assuming it intervenes in the proceedings) to pay the costs.
Plea in law
Infringement of Article 6(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 7(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.
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