Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 23.1.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 24/83 |

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Action brought on 5 December 2022 — Roethig López v EUIPO — William Grant & Sons Irish Brands (AMAZONIAN GIN COMPANY)

(Case T-756/22)

(2023/C 24/111)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Eric Roethig López (Lluchmajor, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: William Grant & Sons Irish Brands Ltd (Dublin, Ireland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark AMAZONIAN GIN COMPANY — European Union trade mark No 17 952 939

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 September 2022 in Case R 1978/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the intervener to pay all the costs of the dispute before General Court, including those relating to the procedure before the Board of Appeal. |

Plea in law

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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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