Action brought on 5 February 2024 – Schmidt Spiele v EUIPO – de Gea Quintana (DDG)
(Case T-53/24)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Schmidt Spiele GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: T. Urek, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: David de Gea Quintana (Hale Barns, United Kingdom)
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 figurative mark DDG – Application for registration No 18 567 763
Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 December 2023 in Case R 1039/2023-2
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul the contested decision;
annul the decision of the Opposition Division of 28 September 2021;
refer the case back to EUIPO;
order EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs of the proceedings before EUIPO.
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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