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Document 62022TA0601

Case T-601/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — Consultora de Telecomunicaciones Optiva Media v EUIPO — Optiva Canada (OPTIVA MEDIA) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark OPTIVA MEDIA — Genuine use of the mark — Article 18(1) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Proof of genuine use — Assessment of the evidence)

OJ C, C/2023/332, 30.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/332/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/332/oj

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Series C


C/2023/332

30.10.2023

Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — Consultora de Telecomunicaciones Optiva Media v EUIPO — Optiva Canada (OPTIVA MEDIA)

(Case T-601/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU figurative mark OPTIVA MEDIA - Genuine use of the mark - Article 18(1) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Proof of genuine use - Assessment of the evidence)

(C/2023/332)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Consultora de Telecomunicaciones Optiva Media, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: C. Rivadulla Oliva, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Optiva Canada Inc. (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) (represented by: E. Edissonov Kirilov, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 13 July 2022 (Joined Cases R 1533/2021-5 and R 1740/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Consultora de Telecomunicaciones Optiva Media, SL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Optiva Canada Inc;

3.

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


(1)   OJ C 441, 21.11.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/332/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)


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