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Case T-301/24: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2025 – Rústicas del Guadalquivir v EUIPO – Fall Creek Farm and Nursery and Fall Creek Farm & Nursery Europe (SEQUOÏA) (EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU word mark SEQUOÏA – Lack of genuine use – Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Nature of use)

OJ C, C/2025/5836, 10.11.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5836/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/2025/5836/oj

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C/2025/5836

10.11.2025

Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2025 – Rústicas del Guadalquivir v EUIPO – Fall Creek Farm and Nursery and Fall Creek Farm & Nursery Europe (SEQUOÏA)

(Case T-301/24)  (1)

(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU word mark SEQUOÏA - Lack of genuine use - Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Nature of use)

(C/2025/5836)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Rústicas del Guadalquivir SL (San José de la Rinconada, Spain) (represented by: C. Casas Feu, J. Dorado López-Lozano and M. González Rodríguez, lawyers)

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

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, interveners before the General Court: Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc. (Lowell, Massachusetts, United States), Fall Creek Farm & Nursery Europe SRL (Aznalcázar, Spain) (represented by: S. Martínez-Almeida y Alejos-Pita and M. Corbal San Adrián, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 30 April 2024 (Case R 1606/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Rústicas del Guadalquivir SL to pay the costs.


(1)   OJ C, C/2024/4603, 29.7.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5836/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)


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