Action brought on 28 July 2023 – Daimler Truck v EUIPO (CERTIFIED)
(Case T-436/23)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Daimler Truck AG (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany) (represented by: P. Kohl, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office
Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the mark CERTIFIED – Application for registration No 1 648 641
Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 May 2023 in Case R 2533/2022-1
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul the contested decision and order EUIPO to grant protection to the European Union designation of the trade mark at issue;
order EUIPO to pay the costs.
Pleas in law
Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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