Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 17.4.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 134/10 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Worldwide Brands v EUIPO — Wan (CAMEL)

(Case T-552/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2023134EN.01001002-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU word mark CAMEL - Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Genuine use of the mark - Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 - No assessment of some of the evidence submitted)

(2023/C 134/13)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Worldwide Brands, Inc. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: J.L. Gracia Albero, R. Ahijón Lana and B. Tomás Acosta, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Eric Guangyu Wan (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) (represented by: V. Piccarreta and G. Romanelli, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 July 2021 (Case R 1548/2020-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 July 2021 (Case R 1548/2020-1) in so far as it maintained the registration of the EU trade mark in respect of ‘shirts’; |

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| 2. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Worldwide Brands, Inc. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland in the course of the proceedings before the Court; |

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| 3. | Orders Mr Eric Guangyu Wan to bear the costs he has incurred in the course of the proceedings before the Court. |

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