Action brought on 26 July 2021 — YAplus DBA Yoga Alliance v EUIPO — Vidyanand (YOGA ALLIANCE INDIA INTERNATIONAL)

(Case T-443/21)

(2021/C 368/46)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: YAplus DBA Yoga Alliance (Arlington, Virginia, United States) (represented by: A. Thünken, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Swami Vidyanand (Villupuram, India)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark YOGA ALLIANCE INDIA INTERNATIONAL — International registration designating the European Union No 1 415 321

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 May 2021 in Case R 1062/2020-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—	annul the contested decision;

—	order EUIPO and, as the case may be, the intervener to bear the costs of the proceedings and the costs incurred by proceedings before the EUIPO.

Pleas in law

—	Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

—	Infringement of 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.