Action brought on 16 May 2024 – Kudsi Alattar v EUIPO – Medelhavet Gross (Chamain)

(Case T-259/24)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Tarek Kudsi Alattar (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: J. Gallego Jiménez, E. Sanz Valls, P. Bauzá Martínez and Y. Hernández Viñes, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Medelhavet Gross AB (Laholm, Sweden)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark Chamain – European Union trade mark No 18 329 240

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 February 2024 in joined cases R 1258/2023-2 and R 1588/2023-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

uphold the decision of the Second Board of Appeal in Case R 1258/2023-2;

dismiss in part the cancellation applicant’s appeal R 1588/2023-2 and maintain the contested decision to the extent that the trade mark at issue remains valid for the following goods:

Class 5: dietetic food and substances adapted for medical use; dietary supplements for humans;

Class 31: fresh herbs;

order the EUIPO (and if it intervenes, the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal) to bear its costs and pay those of the applicant.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR (Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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