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(Case T-425/23)
(2023/C 321/69)
Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish
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
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Agrícola La Loma S. Coop. Andaluza (Torreblascopedro, Spain)
Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLÓGICOS — EU trade mark No 18 326 674
Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 June 2023 in the Case R 1119/2022-1
The applicant claims that the Court should:
—Annul the contested decision.
—Refer the proceedings back to the Board of Appeal for a lawful decision declaring the partial invalidity of the mark at issue.
—Order EUIPO to pay the costs.
—Procedural infringement of the adversarial principle and the causing of a situation of defencelessness for the applicant.
—Infringement of Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on account of breach of EU public policy through the non-compliance with European legislation on the retail marketing of olive oils.
—Infringement of Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as a result of the risk of deception inherent in the trade mark at issue.
—Infringement of Article 7(1)(j) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on account of infringement of the Community legal framework on protected geographical designations.