Action brought on 26 December 2023 – Bimbo v EUIPO – Guangzhou Danxi Trade (Bimbys)

(Case T-1185/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Bimbo, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Guangzhou Danxi Trade Co. Ltd (Guangzhou, China)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for EU word mark Bimbys – Application for registration No 18 496 227

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 October 2023 in Case R 635/2023-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision, expressly ordering that the application for the trade mark at issue be rejected;

order EUIPO and the intervener to pay all the costs of the proceedings before the Court, including those relating to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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