Action brought on 5 February 2024 – Birių Krovinių Terminalas v EUIPO – Btk Befrachtungs-und Transportkontor (BKT)

(Case T-56/24)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Birių Krovinių Terminalas UAB (Klaipėda, Lithuania) (represented by: V. Viešūnaitė, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Btk Befrachtungs-und Transportkontor GmbH (Rosenheim, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark BKT – Application for registration No 18 445 462

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 December 2023 in Case R 637/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision by upholding the decision of the Opposition Division of EUIPO of 24 January 2023 in full;

order the other party to bear all the costs paid and incurred by the applicant within the meaning of Articles 134, 139, 140, 190 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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