Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:399
Date: 2024-06-19
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Action brought on 7 June 2023 – Naturgy Energy Group v EUIPO – Global Power Service (gps global power service) (Case T-312/23) Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish Parties Applicant: Naturgy Energy Group, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Mora Cortés, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Global Power Service SpA (Verona, Italy) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: Application for EU figurative mark gps global power service – Application for registration No 18 001 007 Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 March 2023 in Case R 505/2022-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul or revoke the contested decision, in so far as the appeal in Case R 505/2022-4 is dismissed, and grant, in its entirety, the contested mark in respect of all the goods and services sought; order EUIPO and the intervener (if the latter intervenes in this action) to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings before the Operations Department and before the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________