Judgment of the General Court of 28 February 2024 – House Foods Group v CPVO (SK20)
(Case T-556/22) 1
(Plant varieties – Grant of a Community plant variety right for the plant variety SK20 – Inadmissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal – No interest in bringing proceedings – Article 81(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: House Foods Group, Inc. (Osaka, Japan) (represented by: G. Würtenberger, lawyer)
Defendant: Community Plant Variety Office (represented by: M. García-Moncó Fuente and O. Lamberti, acting as Agents)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Board of Appeal of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) of 1 July 2022 (Case A 018/2021).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders House Foods Group, Inc. to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 424, 7.11.2022.