Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group v EUIPO - Kamstar (Kimsum)

Action brought on 3 December 2024 – Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant �Group v EUIPO – Kamstar (Kimsum)(Case T-621/24)Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group LLC (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl, C. Eckhartt and P. Böhner, lawyers)Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Kamstar Gmb H (Düsseldorf, Germany)Details of the proceedings before EUIPOApplicant 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 trade mark Kimsum – Application for registration No 18 722 126 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 September 2024 in Case R 2370/2023-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should:alter the contested decision to the effect that the application to register the word mark Kimsum is further rejected for ‘Day care and elderly care facilities’ in Class 43;order EUIPO and (in case Kamstar Gmb H intervenes) Kamstar Gmb H to pay the costs of the proceedings. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.____________