CELEX: 62021TN0628
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Case T-628/21: Action brought on 29 September 2021 — Tequila Revolución v EUIPO — Horizons Group (London) (Revolution Vodka)

6.12.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 490/49
            
         
      Action brought on 29 September 2021 — Tequila Revolución v EUIPO — Horizons Group (London) (Revolution Vodka)
      (Case T-628/21)
      (2021/C 490/59)
      Language in which the application was lodged: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Tequila Revolución (Mexico City, Mexico) (represented by: M. Pomares Caballero, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Horizons Group (London) Ltd (Reading, United Kingdom)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for the EU word mark Revolution Vodka — Application for registration No 17 948 886
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 July 2021 in Case R 2266/2020-5
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  find that the contested decision unfounded;
               
            
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                  find that the contested decision must be annulled and that the use of the applicant’s trade mark is real and sufficient;
               
            
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                  where appropriate, find that the opposition to the trade mark Revolution Vodka is well founded;
               
            
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                  order the defendant to pay the costs.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 8(1)(a) and (b) in conjunction with Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.