Action brought on 8 February 2024 – Lidl v EUIPO – Liquidleds Lighting (LED light bulbs)

(Case T-66/24)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Lidl Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG (Anzig, Germany) (represented by: T. Dolde, C. Zimmer and M. Hawkins, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Liquidleds Lighting Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Design at issue: Community design LED light bulbs – Community design No 3 619 881-0003

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 November 2023 in Case R 2336/2022-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO and/or the other party before the Board of Appeal (assuming it intervenes in the proceedings) to pay the costs.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 6(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 7(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.

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