CELEX: 62020TA0001
Language: en
Date: 2021-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-1/20: Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — M.I. Industries v EUIPO — Natural Instinct (INSTINCT) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark INSTINCT — No genuine use of the trade mark — Extent of use — Overall assessment of the evidence — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

6.12.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 490/32
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — M.I. Industries v EUIPO — Natural Instinct (INSTINCT)
      (Case T-1/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU word mark INSTINCT - No genuine use of the trade mark - Extent of use - Overall assessment of the evidence - Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2021/C 490/34)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: M.I. Industries, Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska, United States) (represented by: M. Montañá Mora and S. Sebé Marin, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Natural Instinct Ltd (Camberley, United Kingdom) (represented by: A. Newman, E. Yates, J.-M. Fearnley, Solicitors, and J. Moss, Barrister)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 October 2019 (Case R 178/2019-5), relating to revocation proceedings between Natural Instinct and M.I. Industries.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders M.I. Industries, Inc. to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 68, 2.3.2020.