Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 – Agus v EUIPO – Alpen Food Group (ROYAL MILK)

(Case T-603/22) ¹

(EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU figurative mark ROYAL MILK – Genuine use of the mark – Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Proof of genuine use ‘in respect of some of the goods or services’ – Article 58(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Determination of an independent subcategory of goods)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Agus sp. z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: B. Wojtkowska, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Lapinskaitė and D. Gája, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Alpen Food Group BV (Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands) (represented by: A. Tsoutsanis, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 July 2022 (Case R 2056/2021-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Agus sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 441, 21.11.2022.