Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 28 June 2023 –  
C. & S. v EUIPO – Scuderia AlphaTauri (CS jeans your best fashion partner)

(Case T‑645/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0645_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU figurative mark CS jeans your best fashion partner – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Nature of use – Lack of use in connection with the goods in respect of which the mark is registered – 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 –Meaning – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1)(a) and 58(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 18-21, 38, 40, 41) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Figurative mark CS jeans your best fashion partner  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 58(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 32, 35, 36, 42) |

| 3. | 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 57-59) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders C. & S. Srl to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Scuderia AlphaTauri SpA; |

| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0645_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 463, 5.12.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:463:TOC).

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