Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:53
Date: 2025-01-22
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2025 – Tecom Master v EUIPO – Michael Kors (Switzerland) International (MK MICHAEL MICHELE) (Case T-1053/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark MK MICHAEL MICHELE – Earlier EU figurative mark MK MICHAEL KORS – Genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 57(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 64(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Relative ground for invalidity – Article 8(5) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Tecom Master, SL (Alicante, Spain) (represented by: T. Villate Consonni, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Michael Kors (Switzerland) International GmbH (Manno, Switzerland) (represented by: J. van Manen, lawyer) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 September 2023 (Case R 1959/2021-1). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Tecom Master, SL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Michael Kors (Switzerland) International GmbH; Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/430, 3.1.2024.