Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 18.9.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 329/37 |

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Action brought on 7 August 2023 — Erzeugergemeinschaft Winzersekt v EUIPO — Milz (Hinterland)

(Case T-470/23)

(2023/C 329/55)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Erzeugergemeinschaft Winzersekt GmbH (Sprendlingen, Germany) (represented by: C. Düchs, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Martin Milz (Hergensweiler, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark Hinterland — EU trade mark No 18 121 682

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 June 2023 in Case R 2413/2022-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | uphold the decision of the Cancellation Division (No 52 519 C) of 27 October 2022 declaring EU trade mark No 18 121 682 invalid in its entirety; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court and the other party to pay the costs of the cancellation and appeal proceedings before EUIPO. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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