Source: EURLEX
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 5 March 2025 –  
Funline International v EUIPO – MS Trade (JUNGLE JUICE)

(Case T‑26/24)

(EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU word mark JUNGLE JUICE – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Action for annulment – Representation by a lawyer – Admissibility)

| 1. | Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Signature by a lawyer – Applicant represented by a patent agent who is not a lawyer – Lack of legal representation  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 19, fourth para., and 53)  (see paragraphs 16-20) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Proof of use – Genuine use – Concept  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1)(a) and 58(1)(a))  (see paragraph 30) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Lodging of application for EU trade mark – Identification of the goods or services concerned by the trade mark – Use of the general indications in the headings of the classes of the Nice Classification – Scope  (see paragraphs 35, 36) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Lack of genuine use of the mark – Word mark JUNGLE JUICE  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 18(1)(a) and 58(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 37, 45, 54, 57) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Review 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 paragraphs 50, 51, 61) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Funline International Corp. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); |

| 3. | Orders MS Trade s. r. o. to bear its own costs. |

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