Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:1046
Date: 2025-11-19
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Third Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 19 November 2025 – Aboca v EUIPO – Azienda Agroalimentare Grignano (ABOCA) (Case T-543/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU word mark ABOCA – Genuine use of the mark – Article 18 and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Proof of genuine use – Assessment of the evidence) Language of the case: Italian Parties Applicant: Aboca SpA Soc. agr. (Sansepolcro, Italy) (represented by: C. Comolli Acquaviva, K. Muraro and G. Russo, lawyers) 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: Azienda Agroalimentare Grignano Srl (Pontassieve, Italy) (represented by: S. Bernardini, V. Jandoli, V. Piccarreta and A. Sobol, lawyers) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 8 August 2024 (Case R 555/2023-4). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders SpA Soc. agr. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Azienda Agroalimentare Grignano Srl for the purposes of the proceedings before the Court. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/7368, 16.12.2024.