62021TO0497(01)_INF
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 May 2022 –Girardi v EUIPO
(Case T‑497/21)
(Action for annulment – EU trade mark – Representation before EUIPO – Notification of a deficiency in the power to act as a representative before EUIPO – Act not open to challenge – Preparatory act – Inadmissibility)
1.
Action for annulment – Acts open to challenge – Meaning – Measures producing binding legal effects – Preparatory acts – Not included
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 23, 24)
2.
Plea of illegality – Measures the illegality of which may be pleaded – General measure providing the basis of the contested decision – Admissibility – Conditions
(Art. 277 TFEU)
(see paragraph 35)
3.
Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Application for annulment of an individual act having adverse effect – Union judicature’s lack of jurisdiction to declare a provision of general application unlawful in the operative part of its judgments
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraph 36)
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2.
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is to bear its own costs and pay those of Ms Giovanna Paola Girardi, including those relating to the proceedings for interim relief in Case T‑497/21 R.