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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 October 2022 –Associação do Socorro e Amparo v EUIPO – De Bragança (quis ut Deus)
(Case T‑752/21) (
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(EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU figurative mark quis ut Deus – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
1.
EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Proof of use – Genuine use – Definition – Criteria for assessment – Requirement of solid and objective evidence
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1) and 58(1)(a))
(see paragraphs 14-20, 37)
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EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Figurative mark quis ut Deus
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1) and 58(1)(a))
(see paragraphs 34, 35, 46, 47)
3.
EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision – Limits
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(3))
(see paragraph 50)
Operative part
The Court:
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Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 October 2021 (Case R 581/2021-4) in so far as it annulled in part the decision of the Cancellation Division of 29 January 2021;
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
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Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Associação do Socorro e Amparo.
(
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)	OJ C 37, 24.1.2022.