Action brought on 23 January 2024 – Laboratorio SYS v EUIPO – Dr. Babor (sYs)

(Case T-39/24)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Laboratorio SYS, SL (Torrent, Spain) (represented by: N. Fernández Fernández-Pacheco, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Dr. Babor GmbH & Co. KG (Aachen, Germany)

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 word mark sYs – European Union trade mark No 17 480 005

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 November 2023 in Case R 2462/2022-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision ;

order EUIPO to refuse the registration of the EUTM No 17 480 005 ;

order the intervener and, where applicable, the defendant, to bear the costs of the proceedings before EUIPO and the General Court.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 60(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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