Action brought on 13 December 2023 – J. García Carrión v EUIPO – Eckes-Granini Group (Shape of a bottle)

(Case T-1156/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: J. García Carrión, SA (Jumilla, Spain) (represented by: J. Mora Cortés, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Eckes-Granini Group GmbH (Nieder-Olm, 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: Three-dimensional trade mark (Shape of a bottle) – EU trade mark No 394 338

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 December 2023 in Case R 372/2023-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO and the intervener (if the latter intervenes in this action) to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings before the Cancellation Division and before the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO.

Plea in law

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

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