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The Sunrider Corporation v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-203/02)
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The Sunrider Corporation v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-203/02)

Judgment of 8 Jul 2004law://eu/cjeu/2002/t-203-02/para_24@2026-11-12

24Where an opposing party maintains that the use of an earlier trade mark by a third party constitutes genuine use for the purposes of Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94, he claims, by implication, that he consented to that use.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: General Court · Second Chamber
Case: T-203/02 · ECLI:EU:T:2004:225
Decided: 8 Jul 2004
Procedure: Action for annulment
Applicant: The Sunrider Corp.
Defendants: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM); Juan Espadafor Caba
Rapporteur: Pirrung
Bench: 2 judges
A.W.H. Meij, N.J. Forwood
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62002TJ0203

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Cited by 23: Implementing Technologies, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-544/24); Implementing Technologies, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-545/24); Debonair Trading Internacional Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-77/25); MAX magazín s. r. o. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-114/25); Heinz Thomas Altendorfer v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-297/25); Viva Credit IFN SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-72/25); Land Oberösterreich v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-46/25); Centex SpA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-34/25); Siemens Healthineers AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-1175/23); Barry’s Bootcamp Holdings LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-32/24); Barry’s Bootcamp Holdings LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-31/24); Barry’s Bootcamp Holdings LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-390/23); Rústicas del Guadalquivir SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-301/24); Barry’s Bootcamp Holdings LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-340/23); Starbuzz Tobacco, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-404/24); Kartroi LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-1/24); Noster Finance SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-263/24); Ferrari SpA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-1103/23)2 provisions; Vintae Luxury Wine Specialists SLU v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-402/24); Ferrari SpA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-1104/23)2 provisions; K-Way SpA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-372/24); Nio Holding Co. Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-593/23); Nio Holding Co. Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-598/23)
Cites 9: First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks; Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark; MFE Marienfelde GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-334/01); Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 of 13 December 1995 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark; Henkel KGaA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (T-308/01); Scan Office Design SA v Commission of the European Communities (T-40/01); Jean M. Goulbourn v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (T-174/01); Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-39/01); Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., formerly Pathe Communications Corporation (C-39/97)