(Case T-465/21 Action brought on 4August 2021– Ionfarma v EUIPO– LG Electronics (AION)

Action brought on 4August 2021– Ionfarma v EUIPO– LG Electronics (AION)

(Case T-465/21)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ionfarma, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: S.Correa Rodríguez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: LG Electronics, Inc. (Seoul, South Korea)

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 word mark AION – Application for registration No17892367

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25May 2021 in Case R2223/2020–4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

revoke the contested decision and reject the European Union trademark Noº17892367 AION for all goods;

order EUIPO and, in case LG Electronics decides to intervene in the present proceedings, LG Electronics to pay the costs.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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