Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 October 2019.Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark v Gabriele Schmid.Case C-514/18 P.

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Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 — Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark v Schmid

(Case C‑514/18 P) ( 1 )

(Appeal — European Union trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 15 — Concept of ‘genuine use’ — Requirement to use the mark in accordance with its essential function)

  1. EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Causes of revocation — Absence of genuine use of a trade mark — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Concept

(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 15(1) and 51(1)(a))

(see paras 36-38)

  1. EU trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Concept — Use of a protected geographical indication registered as an individual mark

(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 15(1))

(see para. 39)

  1. EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Causes of revocation — Absence of genuine use of a trade mark — Figurative mark Steirisches Kürbiskernöl

(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 15(1) and (2), and 51(1)(a))

(see paras 39-43, 54, 55)

Operative part

The Court:

  1. Dismisses the appeal.

  2. Orders the Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark (Regional Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Styria, Austria) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and those incurred by Ms Gabriele Schmid.

( 1 ) OJ C 408, 12.11.2018.

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