Action brought on 27 September 2022 – Société du Tour de France v EUIPO – FitX (TOUR DE X)

(Case T-604/22)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Société du Tour de France (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) (represented by: T. de Haan and S. Vandezande, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: FitX Beteiligungs GmbH (Essen, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark TOUR DE X – Application for registration No 16 701 039

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 July 2022 in Case R 1136/2019-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

set aside the contested decision;

order EUIPO and the intervener to bear the costs, including those incurred by the applicant before the Office’s Second Board of Appeal.

Pleas in law

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

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

Infringement of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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