29In that regard, the first sentence of Article 59 of Regulation No 207/2009 states that ‘any party to proceedings adversely affected by a decision may appeal’. It follows from that provision that, as the applicant did in this case, parties to proceedings before EUIPO may appeal to the Board of Appeal against a decision taken by a lower department of EUIPO only in so far as that decision has rejected their claims or applications. In so far as the decision of the lower department of EUIPO has, on the contrary, upheld the claims of a party, that party does not have standing to appeal to the Board of Appeal (judgment of 3 July 2013, NEO, T‑236/12, EU:T:2013:343, paragraph 23; see also, to that effect, judgment of 14 December 2011, Völkl v OHIM — Marker Völkl (VÖLKL), T‑504/09, EU:T:2011:739, paragraph 55 and the case-law cited).
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