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|  | C/2024/7368 | 16.12.2024 |

Action brought on 21 October 2024 – Aboca v EUIPO – Azienda Agroalimentare Grignano (ABOCA)

(Case T-543/24)

(C/2024/7368)

Language in which the application was lodged: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Aboca SpA Soc. agr. (Sansepolcro, Italy) (represented by: K. Muraro, G. Russo and C. Comolli Acquaviva, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Azienda Agroalimentare Grignano Srl (Pontassieve, Italy)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ABOCA – EU trade mark No 2 953 032

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 August 2024 in Case R 555/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul and, if appropriate, alter the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the procedural costs relating to the proceedings before the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO, in accordance with Article 190 of the Rules of Procedure; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the potential intervener to pay all the costs of the present proceedings. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Misinterpretation of Article 58(1)(a), read in conjunction with Article 18, of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Incorrect assessment of the evidence to the negative. |

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