Action brought on 26 July 2021 – YAplus DBA Yoga Alliance v EUIPO – Vidyanand (YOGA ALLIANCE INDIA INTERNATIONAL)

(Case T-443/21)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: YAplus DBA Yoga Alliance (Arlington, Virginia, United States) (represented by: A. Thünken, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Swami Vidyanand (Villupuram, India)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark YOGA ALLIANCE INDIA INTERNATIONAL – International registration designating the European Union No 1 415 321

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 May 2021 in Case R 1062/2020-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO and, as the case may be, the intervener to bear the costs of the proceedings and the costs incurred by proceedings before the EUIPO.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

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

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