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Document 62023TA0425
Case T-425/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Consejo Regulador Aceite de Jaén v EUIPO – Agrícola La Loma (VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLÓGICOS) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLOGICOS – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Article 7(1)(f), (g) and (j) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Admissibility of the evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Article 95(1) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 – Right to be heard – Article 94(1), second sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001)
Case T-425/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Consejo Regulador Aceite de Jaén v EUIPO – Agrícola La Loma (VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLÓGICOS) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLOGICOS – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Article 7(1)(f), (g) and (j) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Admissibility of the evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Article 95(1) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 – Right to be heard – Article 94(1), second sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001)
Case T-425/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Consejo Regulador Aceite de Jaén v EUIPO – Agrícola La Loma (VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLÓGICOS) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLOGICOS – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Article 7(1)(f), (g) and (j) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Admissibility of the evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Article 95(1) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 – Right to be heard – Article 94(1), second sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001)
OJ C, C/2025/67, 6.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/67/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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C/2025/67 |
6.1.2025 |
Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2024 – Consejo Regulador ‘Aceite de Jaén’ v EUIPO – Agrícola La Loma (VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLÓGICOS)
(Case T-425/23) (1)
(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark VEGA DEL OBISPO BIO Jaén PRODUCTOS ECOLOGICOS - Absolute grounds for invalidity - Article 7(1)(f), (g) and (j) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Admissibility of the evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 95(1) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Right to be heard - Article 94(1), second sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2025/67)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Consejo Regulador de la Indicación Geográfica Protegida ‘Aceite de Jaén’ (Mengíbar, Spain) (represented by: F. Muñoz Calvo, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gaja, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Agrícola La Loma S. Coop. Andaluza (Torreblascopedro, Spain)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 June 2023 (Case R 1119/2022-1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 June 2023 (Case R 1119/2022-1); |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Orders EUIPO to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by Consejo Regulador de la Indicación Geográfica Protegida ‘Aceite de Jaén’. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/67/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)