Action brought on 17 May 2021 – Neolith Distribution v EUIPO (Representation of an ornamental pattern)

(Case T-259/21)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Neolith Distribution, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: N. Fernández Fernández-Pacheco, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: Application for the European Union figurative mark (Representation of an ornamental pattern) – Application for registration No 18 162 188

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 March 2021 in Case R 2155/2020-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:

annul the contested decision;

issue a decision ordering EUIPO to accept that the registration of the application for the European Union pattern mark No 18 162 188 is valid in relation to all the goods in respect of which that mark seeks protection in Class 19;

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

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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