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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 October 2022 –  
Associação do Socorro e Amparo v EUIPO – De Bragança (quis ut Deus)

(Case T‑752/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0752_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU figurative mark quis ut Deus – Lack of genuine use of the mark – 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 – Definition – Criteria for assessment – Requirement of solid and objective evidence  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1) and 58(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 14-20, 37) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Figurative mark quis ut Deus  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1) and 58(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 34, 35, 46, 47) |

| 3. | 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 50) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 October 2021 (Case R 581/2021-4) in so far as it annulled in part the decision of the Cancellation Division of 29 January 2021; |

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

| 3. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Associação do Socorro e Amparo. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0752_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 37, 24.1.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:037:TOC).

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