Action brought on 7 November 2022 – Dr. Neumann & Kindler v EUIPO – Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LABCORP)

(Case T-673/22)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Dr. Neumann & Kindler GmbH & Co. KG (Bochum, Germany) (represented by: T. Pfeifer and N. Gottschalk, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Burlington, North Carolina, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for the EU word mark LABCORP – Application No 15 174 766

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 August 2022 in Case R 182/2021-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court of the European Union and order the potential intervener to pay the costs of the appeal proceedings before EUIPO.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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