Action brought on 14 April 2023 – Peikko Group v EUIPO – Anstar (Shape of metal beams for construction)

(Case T-192/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Peikko Group Oy (Lahti, Finland) (represented by: M. Müller and A. Fottner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Anstar Oy (Villähde, Finland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: European Union tridimensional mark (Shape of metal beams for construction) – European Union trade mark No 18 139 145

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 February 2023 in Case R 2180/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

reject the request for declaration of invalidity of the trade mark at issue;

order the defendant and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to bear the applicant’s costs n the present procedure and in the procedure before the Board of Appeal.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 59(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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