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... ion (EU) 2017/1001 – Expiry of the five-year period – Obligation to state reasons)

In Case T‑149/23,

Georgi Kirov, residing in Prague (Czech Republic), represented by J. Matzner, lawyer,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by P. Villani and E. Markakis, acting as Agents,

defendant,

the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court, being

Pasticceria Cristiani Sas di Sergio Cristiani & C., established in Livorno (Italy), represented by L. Turini, lawyer,

THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber),

composed of K. Kowalik‑Bańczyk, President, G. Hesse and B. Ricziová (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: V. Di Bucci,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

having regard to the fact that no request for a hearing was submitted by the parties within three weeks after service of notification of the close of the written part of the procedure, and having decided to rule on the action without an oral part of the procedure, pursuant to Article 106(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Mr Georgi Kirov, seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 16 January 2023 (Case R 835/2022-1) (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. On 26 November 2014, the applicant filed an application for registration of an EU trade mark with EUIPO in respect of the following ...