EUIPO correct to find EU trade mark was put to genuine use (Meblo Trade v EUIPO)

Table of contents

• What was the background?
• What did the court decide?
• Case details

Article summary

IP analysis: The EU General Court has upheld the EUIPO Board of Appeal’s finding that there was genuine use of the figurative EU trade mark registration for MEBLO in respect of certain goods and services in classes 20 and 35, and that it was therefore not appropriate to revoke the registration in respect of such goods and services. In reaching its decision, the General Court held that the Board of Appeal was correct to conclude that evidence demonstrating use of the contested mark in Slovenia and Croatia, immediately after the latter’s accession to the EU, could prove genuine use within the EU.