Action brought on 24 November 2023 – Ferrari v EUIPO – Hesse (TESTAROSSA)

(Case T-1104/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Ferrari SpA (Modena, Italy) (represented by: K. Muraro, G. Russo and C. Comolli Acquaviva, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Kurt Hesse (Nuremberg, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark TESTAROSSA – International registration designating the European Union No 910 752

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 August 2023 in Case R 887/2016-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision; or

alter the contested decision to the extent that genuine use of the trade mark at issue is shown for ‘scale models of cars’;

order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal and the costs of the present proceedings.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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