INTA Files Amicus on Genuine Use of Collective Marks in EU Published: January 13, 2021 Chris Schumacher Schoenherr Rechtsanwaelte GmbH Vienna, Austria International Amicus Committee—Europe Amicus Subcommittee For the first time, INTA filed an amicus brief before the Grand Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The case focuses on the application of the rules set out by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the proceedings leading to the decision in C-143/19 P, Der Grüne Punkt v. EUIPO. EU trademark law allows for the intervention of interested groups or bodies in EUIPO appeal proceedings referred to the EUIPO Grand Board of Appeal (GBoA). Art. 37(6) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 of March 5, 2018, supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Trade Mark, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430 (EUTMDR). On this basis, INTA intervened as amicus curiae.