Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 22 January 2025 –  
Tes Electrical Electronic v EUIPO –  
Tes Touch Embedded Solutions (Xiamen) (TES)

(Case T‑517/23)

(EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – European Union figurative mark TES – Partial revocation – Genuine use of the mark – Proof of genuine use – Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Evidence adduced for the first time before the General Court)

| 1. | 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 – Precluded  (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 188; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72)  (see paragraph 14) |

| 2. | 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 15) |

| 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 – Requirement of solid and objective evidence  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 58(1)(a); Commission Regulation 2018/625, Art. 10(3) and (4))  (see paragraphs 24, 26-28) |

| 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 – Precluded  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 58(1)(a); Commission Regulation 2018/625, Art. 10(3) and (4))  (see paragraph 25) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Proof of use – Partial use – Effect – Concept of some of the goods or services covered by the registration  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 58(2))  (see paragraph 35) |

| 6. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Figurative mark TES  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 58(1)(a) and (2))  (see paragraphs 79, 82, 83) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls in part and alters the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 16 May 2023 (Case R 2250/2022-2) to the effect that the appeal brought before that Board of Appeal of EUIPO by TES Electrical Electronic Corp. against the decision of the Cancellation Division of 21 September 2022 is upheld as regards the proof of genuine use of the figurative EU trade mark TES for ‘dataloggers’, ‘insulation testers’ and ‘pH meters’ in Class 9; |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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