Source: EURLEX
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Judgment of the General Court of 4 September 2024 – Bela Vizago Nature v EUIPO – Bidah (bidah chaumel ingredientes naturales)

(Case T-452/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202406095EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark bidah chaumel ingredientes naturales - Absolute grounds for invalidity - No bad faith - Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2024/6095)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Bela Vizago Nature, SL (Molina de Segura, Spain) (represented by: J.M. Mora Cortés, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Nawal Bidah (Murcia, Spain) (represented by: P. Lozano Sánchez, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 18 May 2023 (Case R 1509/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 18 May 2023 (Case R 1509/2022-5); |

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| 2. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Bela Vizago Nature, SL, including the costs necessarily incurred for the purposes of the appeal proceedings before the Board of Appeal; |

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| 3. | Orders Nawal Bidah to bear her own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6095/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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