ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
17 January 2024 (*)
(Removal from the Register)
In Case T-1062/23,
Sp/f 62Nordic, established in Tórshavn (Faroe Islands), represented by M. Hoffgaard Rasmussen, lawyer,
applicant,
v
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by E. Markakis, acting as Agent,
defendant,
the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the EUIPO being
Nixon Bui, established in Copenhagen (Denmark),
1 By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Sp/f 62Nordic, seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 September 2023 in Case R 2136/2022-5.
2 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 1 December 2023, the applicant informed the Court, in accordance with Article 125 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, that it wished to discontinue proceedings. It did not seek an order as to costs.
3 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 8 December 2023, the defendant informed the Court that it had no observations to make concerning the discontinuance of the proceedings. It did not seek an order as to costs.
4 Article 136(4) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, where proceedings are discontinued, if costs are not claimed, the parties are to bear their own costs.
5 The case should therefore be removed from the register and, in the absence of any claim in that regard, the parties ordered to bear their own costs.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. Case T‑1062/23 is removed from the register of the General Court.
2. Sp/f 62Nordic shall bear its own costs.
3. EUIPO shall bear its own costs.
Luxembourg, 17 January 2024.