Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:960
Date: 2025-10-15
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2025 – Frutaria Innovation v EUIPO – Schneider (Frutaria) (Case T-381/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark Frutaria – Absolute ground for invalidity – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – No distinctive character acquired through use – Article 7(3) and Article 51(2) of Regulation No 40/94) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Frutaria Innovation SL (Zaragoza, Spain) (represented by: M. Anadón Giménez and J. Learte Álvarez, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Klee, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Markus Schneider (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: F. Klopmeier and F. Breuer, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the partial annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 27 May 2024 (Case R 1377/2023-2), as corrected on 17 July 2024. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Frutaria Innovation SL to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/5330, 9.9.2024.