Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:663
Date: 2021-10-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Portugal

Action brought on 3 July 2020 — Esteves Lopes Granja v EUIPO — Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto (PORTWO GIN) (Case T-417/20) Language in which the application was lodged: Portuguese Parties Applicant: Joaquim José Esteves Lopes Granja (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal) (represented by: O. Santos Costa, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP (Peso da Régua, Portugal) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark PORTWO GIN — Application for registration No 16 308 462 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 April 2020 in Case R 993/2019-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO and the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP to pay the costs. Plea in law Infringement of Article 103(2)(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ 2013 L 347, p. 671). ____________