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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 7 July 2021 –  
Frommer v EUIPO – Minerva (I-cosmetics)

(Case T‑205/20)

(EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU word mark I-cosmetics – Genuine use of the mark – Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Causes of revocation – Absence of genuine use of a trade mark – Proof of use – Genuine use – Concept – Criteria for assessment – Requirement of solid and objective evidence  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 15(1) and 51(1)(a); Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rules 22(3) and 40(5))  (see paras 22-25, 35, 53, 54, 59, 81, 83, 99, 100, 117, 120) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Causes of revocation – Absence of genuine use of a trade mark – Word mark I-cosmetics  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 15(1) and 51(1)(a))  (see paras 39, 44, 45, 57, 64, 69, 78, 89, 90, 96, 121, 122) |

| 3. | Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Brief statement of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Abstract statement – Inadmissibility  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(1)(d))  (see paras 41, 42) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Examination of the application – Proof of use of the earlier mark – Genuine use or proper reasons for non-use – Burden of proof  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 15, 42(2), 51(1), 57(2) and 76(1); Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rules 22(3) and 40(5))  (see para. 77) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 February 2020 (Case R 675/2019-2), relating to revocation proceedings between Minerva and Ms Frommer.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Ms Angela Frommer to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); |

| 3. | Orders Minerva GmbH to bear its own costs. |

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