Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 – Feed v EUIPO – The Feed.com (THE FEED)

(Case T-27/23) ¹

(EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU word mark THE FEED – Genuine use of the mark – Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Feed SA (Paris, France) (represented by: V. Bouchara and A. Maier, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Pétrequin and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: The Feed.com, Inc. (Broomfield, Colorado, United States) (represented by: J. Lacker, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the partial annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 November 2022 (Case R 1905/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Feed SA to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 94, 13.3.2023.