Action brought on 19 February 2024 – VanKing Celkar Group v EUIPO – Accell Nederland (SPARTAN PARTS)

(Case T-88/24)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: VanKing Celkar Group PSA (Niepołomice, Poland) (represented by: A. Michalak, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Accell Nederland BV (Heerenveen, Netherlands)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark SPARTAN PARTS – Application for registration No 18 568 813

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 December 2023 in Case R 893/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

annul the Opposition Division’s decision;

remit the case to EUIPO so that it can alter the decision on the substance of the case and register the mark applied for;

order EUIPO to pay the costs incurred in the proceedings before the Opposition Division, the Board of Appeal and the Court.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Article 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding comparison of the marks;

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding comparison of the goods and the likelihood of confusion.

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