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(2020/C 279/67)
Language in which the application was lodged: Portuguese
Applicant: Joaquim José Esteves Lopes Granja (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal) (represented by: O. Santos Costa, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP (Peso da Régua, Portugal)
Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark PORTWO GIN — Application for registration No 16 308 462
Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 April 2020 in Case R 993/2019-2
The applicant claims that the Court should:
—annul the contested decision;
—order EUIPO and the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP to pay the costs.
Infringement of Article 103(2)(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ 2013 L 347, p. 671).