Action brought on 4 August 2021 – Ionfarma v EUIPO – LG Electronics (AION)

(Case T-465/21)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ionfarma, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: S. Correa Rodríguez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: LG Electronics, Inc. (Seoul, South Korea)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark AION – Application for registration No 17 892 367

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 May 2021 in Case R 2223/2020–4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

revoke the contested decision and reject the European Union trademark Noº17 892 367 AION for all goods;

order EUIPO and, in case LG Electronics decides to intervene in the present proceedings, LG Electronics to pay the costs.

Plea in law

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

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