23.1.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 24/83


Action brought on 5 December 2022 — Roethig López v EUIPO — William Grant & Sons Irish Brands (AMAZONIAN GIN COMPANY)

(Case T-756/22)

(2023/C 24/111)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Eric Roethig López (Lluchmajor, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

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

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark AMAZONIAN GIN COMPANY — European Union trade mark No 17 952 939

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 September 2022 in Case R 1978/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO and the intervener to pay all the costs of the dispute before General Court, including those relating to the procedure before the Board of Appeal.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.