Sta Grupa v EUIPO: A Genuinely Useful Decision.

In Sta Grupa AS v European Union Intellectual Property Office(EUIPO) (Case T 2-07/23), the general court has given consideration to the assessment of evidence of genuine use in a revocation action against the trademark VAPIX. VAPIX is a free-to-access computer tool used in conjunction with a parent brand.

Background

In 2006 Axis AB, a Swedish surveillance company, sought to register with the EUIPO the word mark VAPIX for the following goods in Class 9: