Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:818
Date: 2025-09-03
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – Kartroi v EUIPO – Luxvide Finanziaria per Iniziative Audiovisive e Telematiche (SANDOKAN) (Case T-1/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Word mark SANDOKAN – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: Italian Parties Applicant: Kartroi LLC (Orlando, Florida, United States) (represented by: M. Baccarelli, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Luxvide Finanziaria per Iniziative Audiovisive e Telematiche SpA (Rome, Italy) (represented by: L. Goglia and B. Villa, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 September 2023 (Case R 20/2023-2). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Kartroi LLC to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/1704, 4.3.2024.