Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2023:308
Date: 2023-06-07
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

Judgement of the General Court of 7 June 2023 – Chocolates Lacasa Internacional v EUIPO – Esquitino Madrid (Conguitos) (Case T-339/22) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark Conguitos – Earlier EU word mark Conguitos – Absolute ground for invalidity – Bad faith – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Relative ground for invalidity – Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or repute of the earlier mark – Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001) – Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001)) Language of the procedure: Spanish Parties Applicant: Chocolates Lacasa Internacional, SA (Utebo, Spain) (represented by: J.-B. Devaureix, J. Vicente Martínez and E. Seijo Veiguela, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Mariano Esquitino Madrid (Elche, Spain) (represented by: I. Temiño Ceniceros and F. Ortega Sánchez, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 March 2022 (Case R 601/2021-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Chocolates Lacasa Internacional, SA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 284, 25.7.2022.