Official Journal of the European Union

C series

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C/2025/67

Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Consejo Regulador ‘Aceite de Jaén’ v EUIPO – Agrícola La Loma (VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLÓGICOS)

(Case T-425/23)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLOGICOS - Absolute grounds for invalidity - Article 7(1)(f), (g) and (j) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Admissibility of the evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 95(1) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Right to be heard - Article 94(1), second sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001)

(C/2025/67)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Consejo Regulador de la Indicación Geográfica Protegida ‘Aceite de Jaén’ (Mengíbar, Spain) (represented by: F. Muñoz Calvo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gaja, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Agrícola La Loma S. Coop. Andaluza (Torreblascopedro, Spain)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 June 2023 (Case R 1119/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 June 2023 (Case R 1119/2022-1);

2.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.Orders EUIPO to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by Consejo Regulador de la Indicación Geográfica Protegida ‘Aceite de Jaén’.

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Language of the case: Spanish.

OJ C 321, 11.9.2023.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/67/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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