Action brought on 16 August 2023 – Freistaat Bayern v EUIPO – BSGE (Neuschwanstein)

(Case T-506/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Freistaat Bayern (represented by: M. Müller, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: BSGE Bundesverband Souvenir Geschenke Ehrenpreise eV (Veitsbronn, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘Neuschwanstein’ – EU trade mark No 15 687 353

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 May 2023 in Case R 1013/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the costs.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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