Дело T-***/**: *****************, Съдебно решение от **.**.2023 г.

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... Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 – Genuine use of the mark – Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 – No assessment of some of the evidence submitted)

In Case T‑552/21,

Worldwide Brands, Inc. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland, established in Cologne (Germany), represented by J.L. Gracia Albero, R. Ahijón Lana and B. Tomás Acosta, lawyers,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by R. Raponi and D. Hanf, acting as Agents,

defendant,

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

Eric Guangyu Wan, residing in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada), represented by V. Piccarreta and G. Romanelli, lawyers,

THE GENERAL COURT (Third Chamber),

composed, at the time of the deliberations, of G. De Baere, President, K. Kecsmár and S. Kingston (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: G. Mitrev, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

further to the hearing on 20 September 2022,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Worldwide Brands, Inc. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland, seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 5 July 2021 (Case R 1548/2020-1) (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. On 14 December 1998, a predecessor in law to the intervener, Mr Eric Guangyu Wan, filed an application for registration of an EU trade mark with EUIPO in respect of the word sign CAMEL.

3. The ...