Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 February 2024 –  
Quatrotec Electrónica v EUIPO – Woxter Technology (WOXTER)

(Case T‑792/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0792_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU figurative mark WOXTER – Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Admissibility of evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Proof of genuine use – Assessment of the evidence)

| 1. | Judicial proceedings – Action for annulment and for damages – Application for declaratory relief – Manifest lack of jurisdiction  (Arts 263 and 268 TFEU)  (see paragraph 11) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Statement of reasons for decisions – First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Scope identical to that of Article 296 TFEU – Recourse by the Board of Appeal to implicit reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions  (Art. 296 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1), first sentence)  (see paragraphs 21, 22) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Proof of use – Genuine use – Concept – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1) and 58(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 39-41, 81, 109, 112) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Proof of use – Genuine use – Concept – Determination of a minimal quantitative use threshold – Not included  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1) and 58(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 98, 99) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Use of the mark in a form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character of the mark – Subject matter and scope of Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Examination of alteration of distinctive character  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1)(a) and 58(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 89, 90) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Quatrotec Electrónica, SL to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0792_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 45, 6.2.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:045:TOC).

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