Action brought on 30 September 2022 – Nienaber v EUIPO – St. Hippolyt Mühle Ebert (BoneKare)

(Case T-609/22)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Andreas Nienaber (Cloppenburg, Germany) (represented by: J. Eberhardt, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: St. Hippolyt Mühle Ebert GmbH (Dielheim, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark BoneKare – EU trade mark No 10 055 903

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 August 2022 in Case R 436/2022-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings, including those incurred in the proceedings before the Cancellation Division of the defendant and its Board of Appeal.

Pleas in law

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

Infringement of Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of the second sentence of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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