Action brought on 15 May 2023 – Escobar v EUIPO (Pablo Escobar)

(Case T-255/23)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Escobar Inc. (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, United States) (represented by: D. Slopek, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark Pablo Escobar – Application for registration No 18 568 583

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 February 2023 in Case R 1364/2022-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the costs.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Violation of presumption of innocence.

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