Action brought on 21 February 2024 – Qx World v EUIPO – Mandelay (SCIO)
(Case T-101/24)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Qx World Kft. (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: Á. László and A. Cserny, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mandelay Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. (Mandelay Kft.) (Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary)
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: European Union word mark SCIO – European Union trade mark No 11 191 194
Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 December 2023 in Case R 7/2022-4
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul the contested decision;
remit the case to EUIPO’s Boards of Appeal;
order the defendant and the intervener, if any, to bear the costs of the applicant.
Pleas in law
Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in conjunction with Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Infringement of Article 60(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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