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Document 62023TN0331

Case T-331/23: Action brought on 16 June 2023 — Importaciones Origen Pacífico v EUIPO — Molinos Nacionales (Juana de Origen)

OJ C 286, 14.8.2023, p. 33–34 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

14.8.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 286/33


Action brought on 16 June 2023 — Importaciones Origen Pacífico v EUIPO — Molinos Nacionales (Juana de Origen)

(Case T-331/23)

(2023/C 286/45)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Importaciones Origen Pacífico SL (Valencia, Spain) (represented by: Á. Pérez Lluna, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Molinos Nacionales C.A. (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark Juana de Origen — EU trade mark No 16 517 948

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 March 2023 in Case R 818/2022-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the costs of the present proceedings and order the other party to pay the costs incurred in the invalidity proceedings and appeal before EUIPO.

Pleas in law

Expiry of the trade marks on which the application for a declaration of invalidity is based.

No genuine use of the trade marks on which the application for a declaration of invalidity is based, in accordance with Article 64(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

No evidence of bad faith on the part of the applicant, pursuant to Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.


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