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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