Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2025 – IVDP v EUIPO – Vinoquel- Vinhos Oscar Quevedo (Quevedo Port)

(Case T-23/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202502201EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark Quevedo Port - Earlier PDO ‘Porto/Port’ - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 103(2)(a)(ii) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 - Concepts of ‘use’ and ‘evocation’ of a PDO)

(C/2025/2201)

Language of the case: English

Parties

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

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Frydendahl, acting as Agent)

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

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 November 2023 (Case R 2471/2022-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2201/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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