Judgment of the General Court of 21 February 2024 –Roethig López v EUIPO – William Grant & Sons Irish Brands (AMAZONIAN GIN COMPANY)

(Case T-756/22) ¹

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark AMAZONIAN GIN COMPANY – Absolute ground for invalidity – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) and Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Eric Roethig López (Lluchmajor, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó and E. Felip Corrius, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: William Grant & Sons Irish Brands Ltd (Dublin, Ireland)

Re:

By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 September 2022 (Case R 1978/2021-5)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Mr Eric Roethig López to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 24, 23.1.2023.