Order of the President of the General Court of 20 October 2021 – Girardi v EUIPO

(Case T-497/21 R)

(Interim relief – EU trade mark – Professional representation – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – No urgency)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Giovanna Paola Girardi (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: G. Macías Bonilla, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder and G. Predonzani, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU seeking suspension of operation, first, of the decision of EUIPO of 14 June 2021 concerning the applicant’s capacity to act as a representative before EUIPO and, secondly, of the part of EUIPO’s Guidelines for examination of European Union trade marks relating to professional representation by Spanish lawyers (Part A, Section 5, Annex 1).

Operative part of the order

The application for interim measures is dismissed.

The costs are reserved.

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