Action brought on 21 February 2024 – Qx World v EUIPO – Mandelay (EDUCTOR)

(Case T-103/24)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Qx World Kft. (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: Á. László and A. Cserny, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mandelay Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. (Mandelay Kft.) (Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary)

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 EDUCTOR – European Union trade mark No 11 043 296)

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 December 2023 in Case R 9/2022-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

remit the case to EUIPO’s Boards of Appeal;

order the defendant and the intervener, if any, to bear the costs of the applicant.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in conjunction with Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

Infringement of Article 60(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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