Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:687
Date: 2017-10-04
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 October 2017 — Intesa Sanpaolo v EUIPO — Intesia Group Holding (INTESA) (Case T‑143/16) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark INTESA — Article 51(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No genuine use of the trade mark) 1. EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Causes of revocation — Absence of genuine use of a trade mark — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Partial use — Effect (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 51(1)(a) and (2)) (see paras 17, 18) 2. EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Causes of revocation — Absence of genuine use of a trade mark — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Meaning — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 51(1)(a)) (see paras 19-23, 45) 3. EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Causes of revocation — Absence of genuine use of a trade mark — Word mark INTESA (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 51(1)(a) and (2)) (see paras 35, 47, 54, 61, 69) Re: ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 January 2016 (Case R 632/2015-1), relating to revocation proceedings between Intesa Sanpaolo and Intesia Group Holding. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Intesa Sanpaolo SpA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred in the present proceedings by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Intesia Group Holding GmbH.