Action brought on 15 January 2024 – Atusa Grupo Empresarial v EUIPO – Hans Sasserath (SYC)

(Case T-21/24)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Atusa Grupo Empresarial, SA (Salvatierra, Spain) (represented by: J. L. Rivas Zurdo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Hans Sasserath GmbH & Co. KG (Korschenbroich, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for figurative mark SYC – Application for registration No 18 401 653

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 November 2023 in Case R 452/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order the party or parties opposing the present action to pay the costs.

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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