Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:592
Date: 2025-06-11
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible;Action for annulment
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 11 June 2025 – Fattorie Garofalo – Società Cooperativa Agricola v EUIPO – Pastificio Lucio Garofalo (fattorie garofalo) (Case T-1036/23) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark FATTORIE GAROFALO – Earlier EU figurative mark GAROFALO – Relative ground for refusal – Damage to reputation – Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Taking unfair advantage of the distinctive character or repute of the earlier mark – No due cause) Language of the case: Italian Parties Applicant: Fattorie Garofalo – Società Cooperativa Agricola (Capua, Italy) (represented by: S. Cutolo, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Pastificio Lucio Garofalo SpA (Gragnano, Italy) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 16 August 2023 (Case R 2138/2022–4). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders each party to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2023/1175, 4.12.2023.