Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2024:768
Date: 2024-11-06
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Spain

Action brought on 25 July 2023 – Consejo Regulador ‘Aceite de Jaén’ v EUIPO – Agrícola La Loma (VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLÓGICOS) (Case T-425/23) Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish Parties Applicant: Consejo Regulador de la Indicación Geográfica Protegida ‘Aceite de Jaén’ (Mengíbar, Spain) (represented by: F. Muñoz Calvo, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Agrícola La Loma S. Coop. Andaluza (Torreblascopedro, Spain) 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: EU figurative mark VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLÓGICOS – EU trade mark No 18 326 674 Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 June 2023 in the Case R 1119/2022-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: Annul the contested decision. Refer the proceedings back to the Board of Appeal for a lawful decision declaring the partial invalidity of the mark at issue. Order EUIPO to pay the costs. Pleas in law Procedural infringement of the adversarial principle and the causing of a situation of defencelessness for the applicant. Infringement of Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on account of breach of EU public policy through the non-compliance with European legislation on the retail marketing of olive oils. Infringement of Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as a result of the risk of deception inherent in the trade mark at issue. Infringement of Article 7(1)(j) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on account of infringement of the Community legal framework on protected geographical designations. ____________