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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 June 2019 — MPM-Quality v EUIPO — Elton Hodinářská (MANUFACTURE PRIM 1949)

(Case T‑75/18)

(EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark MANUFACTURE PRIM 1949 — Genuine use of the mark — Obligation to state reasons)

| 1. | EU trade mark — Procedural provisions — Statement of reasons for decisions — Article 94(1), first sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001 — Scope identical to that of Article 296 TFEU  (Art. 296 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1), first sentence)  (see para. 25) |

| 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 — Concept — Criteria for assessment — Requirement of solid and objective evidence  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1) and 58(1)(a))  (see paras 37-40, 64) |

| 3. | EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Causes of revocation — Absence of genuine use of a trade mark — Figurative mark MANUFACTURE PRIM 1949  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1) and 58(1)(a))  (see paras 53, 63, 73, 76) |

| 4. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Assessment of the registrability of a sign — EU rules only taken into account — Decisions of national authorities not binding EU bodies  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001)  (see para. 77) |

| 5. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Re-evaluation of the facts in the light of evidence produced for the first time before it — Not included  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72)  (see para. 80) |

Re

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 December 2017 (Case R 556/2017-4), relating to revocation proceedings between MPM-QUALITY and ELTON hodinářská.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders MPM-QUALITY v.o.s. to bear its own costs and pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); |

| 3. | Orders ELTON hodinářská, a.s. to bear its own costs. |

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