Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2024 – Richards Brothers Group v EUIPO – Masia Puigmoltó (EL CABRÓN)

(Case T-1168/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202406435EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark EL CABRÓN - Earlier national figurative mark CABRÓ! - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

(C/2024/6435)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Richards Brothers Group (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: T. de Haan and V. Wellens, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: V. Ruzek, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Masia Puigmoltó, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: M. Guix Vilanova, lawyer)

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 5 October 2023 (Case R 0257/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs; |

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| 3. | Orders Richards Brothers Group to pay the costs incurred by Masia Puigmoltó, SL. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6435/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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