Action brought on 27 September 2022 – Société du Tour de France v EUIPO – FitX (TOUR DE X)
(Case T-604/22)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Société du Tour de France (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) (represented by: T. de Haan and S. Vandezande, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: FitX Beteiligungs GmbH (Essen, Germany)
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 TOUR DE X – Application for registration No 16 701 039
Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 July 2022 in Case R 1136/2019-2
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
set aside the contested decision;
order EUIPO and the intervener to bear the costs, including those incurred by the applicant before the Office’s Second Board of Appeal.
Pleas in law
Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
Infringement of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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