Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2023:341
Date: 2023-06-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 8 July 2022 – Spreewood Distillers v EUIPO – Radgonske gorice (STORK) (Case T-433/22) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Spreewood Distillers GmbH (Schlepzig, Germany) (represented by: O. Spieker and D. Mienert, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Radgonske gorice d.o.o. (Gornja Radgona, Slovenia) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark STORK – Application for registration No 18 170 885 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 May 2022 in Case R 1782/2021-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to bear 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. ____________