Order;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2024:389
Date: 2024-06-13
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Order of the General Court of 13 June 2024 – Karadeniz v EUIPO – Cakmakci (Acapulco) (Case T-274/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Acapulco – Absolute ground for invalidity – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Taha Karadeniz (Dinslaken, Germany) (represented by: J. Schmidt, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ayhan Cakmakci (Bochum, Germany) (represented by: J. Schneiders and S. Wellner, lawyers) Re: By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 February 2023 (Case R 691/2022-5). Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed. 2. Mr Taha Karadeniz shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by Mr Ayhan Cakmakci. 3. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 235, 3.7.2023.