Action brought on 26 September 2022 – Sophienwald v EUIPO – Zalto Glas (Sw Sophienwald)

(Case T-597/22)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Sophienwald AG (Vaduz, Liechtenstein) (represented by: J. Hellenbrand, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Zalto Glas GmbH (Gmünd, Austria)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark Sw Sophienwald – EU trade mark No 13 448 981

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 July 2022 in Case R 2113/2021-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Court and of the proceedings before EUIPO.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Art 95(1) of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of Art 94(1) of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1002 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of Art 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of the principle of non-arbitrariness.

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