Action brought on 1 December 2023 – Butzkies-Schiemann v EUIPO – U.S. Corrosion Technologies (CorrosionX)

(Case T-1127/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Sven Butzkies-Schiemann (Büdelsdorf, Germany) (represented by: C. Drzymalla, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: U.S. Corrosion Technologies LLC (Garland, Texas, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark CorrosionX – European Union trade mark No 14 304 349

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 September 2023 in Case R 1795/2022-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

to annul the contested decision;

to order the defendant and the other Party to pay the costs incurred by the applicant.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 24(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625;

Infringement of Article 52(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).

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