Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:852
Date: 2025-09-10
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: France

Judgment of the General Court of 10 September 2025 – Vinatis v EUIPO – Vinites (VINATIS) (Case T-86/24) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark VINATIS – Earlier Benelux word mark VINITES – Relative ground for refusal – Genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Admissibility of new evidence – Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Cross-claim before the General Court) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Vinatis SAS (Annecy, France) (represented by: J. Canlorbe, lawyer) 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: Vinites BV (Haarlem, Netherlands) (represented by: L. van Leeuwen and J. Koekkoek, lawyers) Re: By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the partial annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 15 December 2023 (Case R 2110/2022-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Dismisses the cross-claim; In respect of the main action, orders Vinatis SAS to pay the costs; In respect of the cross-claim, orders Vinites BV to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/2329, 2.4.2024.