Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2025 – Tecom Master v EUIPO – Michael Kors (Switzerland) International (MK MICHAEL MICHELE)

(Case T-1053/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202501427EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark MK MICHAEL MICHELE - Earlier EU figurative mark MK MICHAEL KORS - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 57(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 64(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Relative ground for invalidity - Article 8(5) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(C/2025/1427)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Tecom Master, SL (Alicante, Spain) (represented by: T. Villate Consonni, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Michael Kors (Switzerland) International GmbH (Manno, Switzerland) (represented by: J. van Manen, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 September 2023 (Case R 1959/2021-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Tecom Master, SL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Michael Kors (Switzerland) International GmbH; |

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

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1427/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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