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Document 62014TJ0638

    Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 8 April 2016.
    Frinsa del Noroeste, SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
    EU trade mark — Opposition procedure — Application for the European Union figurative mark FRISA — Earlier European Union figurative mark Frinsa — Relative ground for refusal — Genuine use of the earlier trademark — Submission of new facts and evidence in support of an appeal brought before the General Court — Power to alter decisions — Article 42(2) and (3), Article 65 and final part of Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rule 22, paragraphs 2 to 4, of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95.
    Case T-638/14.

    Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

    Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 8 April 2016 —

    Frinsa del Noroeste v EUIPO — Frisa Frigorífico Rio Doce (FRISA)

    (Case T‑638/14)

    ‛EU trade mark — Opposition procedure — Application for the European Union figurative mark FRISA — Earlier European Union figurative mark Frinsa — Relative ground for refusal — Genuine use of the earlier trademark — Submission of new facts and evidence in support of an appeal brought before the General Court — Power to alter decisions — Article 42(2) and (3), Article 65 and final part of Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rule 22, paragraphs 2 to 4, of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95’

    1. 

    EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Re-evaluation of the facts in the light of evidence produced for the first time before it — Not included (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 65) (see para. 22)

    2. 

    EU trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Concept — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2) and (3)) (see paras 43-46)

    3. 

    EU trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Application of the criteria to the case in question (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2) and (3)) (see para. 47)

    4. 

    EU trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Concept — Determination of a minimal quantitative use threshold — Exclusion (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2) and (3)) (see para. 48)

    5. 

    EU trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Concept — Criteria for assessment — Requirement of solid and objective evidence (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2) and (3)) (see paras 49, 50)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 July 2014 (Joined Cases R 1547/2013-4 and R 1851/2013-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Frinsa del Noroeste, SA and Frisa Frigorífico Rio Doce, SA.

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1. 

    Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 July 2014 (Joined Cases R 1547/2013-4 and R 1851/2013-4);

    2. 

    Orders each party to bear its own costs.

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