Action brought on 10 October 2022 – Vi.ni.ca.v EUIPO – Venica & Venica (agricolavinica. Le Colline di Ripa)
(Case T-627/22)
Language in which the application was lodged: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Vi.ni.ca. Srl – soc. agr. (Ripalimosani, Italy) (represented by: S. Di Pardo, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Venica & Venica di Gianni e Giorgio Venica Ss soc. agr. (Dolegna del Collio, Italy)
Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark ‘agricolavinica. Le Colline di Ripa’ in white, black, red and green colours – EU trade mark No 18 196 079
Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 July 2022 in Case R 90/2022-4
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul or in any case amend the contested decision, declaring that the contested mark ‘agricolavinica. Le Colline di Ripa’ is valid since it has no similarity, visually, phonetically, or conceptually, to the earlier mark VENICA and since no risk of confusion between such marks exists;
order the defendant and the other party to the proceedings to pay the costs.
Plea in law
Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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