Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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|  | C/2024/1875 | 11.3.2024 |

Action brought on 17 January 2024 — Instituto dos vinhos do Douro e do Porto v EUIPO — Vinoquel- Vinhos Oscar Quevedo (Quevedo Port)

(Case T-23/24)

(C/2024/1875)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Instituto dos vinhos do Douro e do Porto I. P. (Peso da Régua, Portugal) (represented by: P. Sousa e Silva, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Vinoquel- Vinhos Oscar Quevedo Lda (São João da Pesqueira, Portugal)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark Quevedo Port — Application for registration No 18 461 727

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 November 2023 in Case R 2471/2022-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | alter the contested decision in order to reject the trade mark application at issue; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs, including those incurred by the applicant in the proceedings before the Office and the Board of Appeal. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 103(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to commercial use; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 103(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the exploitation of the reputation of a protected designation of origin; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 103(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the evocation of a protected designation of origin. |

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