Action brought on 4 October 2021 – bet-at-home.com Entertainment v EUIPO (bet-at-home)

(Case T-640/21)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: bet-at-home.com Entertainment GmbH (Linz, Austria) (Prozessbevollmächtigter: represented by: R. Paulitsch, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: Application for the EU figurative mark bet-at-home in the colours dark blue and green – Application No 18 157 957

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 August 2021 in Case R 2143/2020-1

Forms of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

amend the contested decision so that the figurative mark bet-at-home is accepted for registration also in Class 41 (Entertainment);

order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs incurred in the appeal proceedings.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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