Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 17 January 2024 –  
Palírna U Zeleného stromu v EUIPO – Bacardi (B42V)

(Case T‑800/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TO0800_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark B42V – International registration of the earlier figurative mark 42 Below – Decision of the Board of Appeal upholding the claims made by the applicant – Manifest inadmissibility in part – Refusal of the Board of Appeal to exercise any power within the competence of the Opposition Division – Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Appeals before the Boards of Appeal – Competence of the Boards of Appeal – Remission to the department which was responsible for the decision appealed  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 71(1))  (see paragraph 27) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Persons entitled to appeal and to be parties to the proceedings – Persons concerned by a decision adversely affecting them – Decision rejecting an opposition to the registration of a mark on the basis of part of the arguments put forward – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(4))  (see paragraphs 36, 41) |

| 3. | Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Identification of the subject matter of the dispute – Brief statement of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Application not sufficiently clear and precise – Inadmissibility  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(1)(d))  (see paragraphs 47, 48) |

Operative part

| 1. | The action is dismissed as being, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly lacking any foundation in law. |

| 2. | Each party shall bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TO0800_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 54, 13.2.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:054:TOC).

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