Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 – Vi.ni.ca v EUIPO – Venica & Venica (agricolavinica. Le Colline di Ripa)

(Case T-627/22) ¹

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark agricolavinica. Le Colline di Ripa – Earlier EU word mark VENICA – Relative ground for invalidity – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Vi.ni.ca Srl – soc. agr. (Ripalimosani, Italy) (represented by: S. Di Pardo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Venica & Venica di Gianni e Giorgio Venica Ss soc. agr. (Dolegna del Collio, Italy)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in essence, the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 July 2022 (Case R 90/2022-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 July 2022 (Case R 90/2022-4);

2.    Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 451, 28.11.2022.