Order of the General Court of 14 March 2024 – Bodegas Aguiuncho v EUIPO – Mar de Frades (ALBARIÑO mar de ons)

(Case T-398/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Cancellation of the earlier mark upon expiry of the registration – No need to adjudicate)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Bodegas Aguiuncho, SL (Sanxenxo, Spain) (represented by: J. Diez Roig, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Mar de Frades, SL (Cartagena, Spain) (represented by: I. Sempere Massa, J. Schmitt and V. Balaguer Fuentes, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 18 May 2023 (Case R 0164/2023-1).

Operative part of the order

1.    There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.

2.    Mar de Frades, SL shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Bodegas Aguiuncho, SL. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs.

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¹     OJ C 314, 4.9.2023.