Action brought on 3 May 2024 – TelForceOne v EUIPO – 4Kraft (Wheels for vehicles (except for rail vehicles))

(Case T-230/24)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: TelForceOne S.A. (Wrocław, Poland) (represented by: M. Mielniczuk-Skibicka, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: 4Kraft sp. z o.o. (Poznań, Poland)

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 Wheels for vehicles (except for rail vehicles) – Community design No 6 039 046-0002

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 March 2024 in Case R 677/2023-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

in the event of intervention in the proceedings, order the intervener to pay the costs, including those incurred before EUIPO.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 5(1)(b) and Article 7(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;

Infringement of Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b) and Article 7(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.

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