CELEX: 62022TN0033
Language: en
Date: 2022-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-33/22: Action brought on 19 January 2022 — Vallegre v EUIPO — Joseph Phelps Vineyards (PORTO INSÍGNIA)

14.3.2022   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 119/52
            
         
      Action brought on 19 January 2022 — Vallegre v EUIPO — Joseph Phelps Vineyards (PORTO INSÍGNIA)
      (Case T-33/22)
      (2022/C 119/74)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Vallegre, Vinhos do Porto, SA (Sabrosa, Portugal) (represented by: E. Armero Lavie and G. Marín Raigal, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Joseph Phelps Vineyards LLC (St. Helena, California, United States)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark PORTO INSÍGNIA — Application for registration No 16 393 688
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 October 2021 in Case R 894/2021-5
      
         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 the costs.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in the erroneous assessment of the conflicting marks.