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(Case T-552/21) (*)
(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU word mark CAMEL - Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Genuine use of the mark - Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 - No assessment of some of the evidence submitted)
(2023/C 134/13)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: Worldwide Brands, Inc. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: J.L. Gracia Albero, R. Ahijón Lana and B. Tomás Acosta, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Eric Guangyu Wan (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) (represented by: V. Piccarreta and G. Romanelli, lawyers)
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 5 July 2021 (Case R 1548/2020-1).
The Court:
1.Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 July 2021 (Case R 1548/2020-1) in so far as it maintained the registration of the EU trade mark in respect of ‘shirts’;
2.Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Worldwide Brands, Inc. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland in the course of the proceedings before the Court;
3.Orders Mr Eric Guangyu Wan to bear the costs he has incurred in the course of the proceedings before the Court.
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Language of the case: English
ECLI:EU:C:2025:140