Action brought on 16 June 2023 – Nehera and Others v EUIPO – Zdút (nehera)

(Case T-334/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicants: Isabel Nehera (Sutton, Ontario, Canada), Natacha Sehnal (Montferrier-sur-Lez, France), Jean-Henri Nehera (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) (represented by: W. Woll, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ladislav Zdút (Bratislava, Slovakia)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark nehera – European Union trade mark No 11 794 112

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 April 2023 in Case R 1216/2020-4

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to bear its own costs and those incurred by the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, including the necessary costs incurred in the appeal proceedings before the Board of Appeal;

order EUIPO to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by the applicants.

Pleas in law

Infringement of the right to a fair trial;

Infringement of Article 52(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.

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