Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 18 September 2024 –  
Richards Brothers Group v EUIPO – Masia Puigmoltó (EL CABRÓN)

(Case T‑1168/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ1168_INF_EN_01-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 (EU) No 2017/2001)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 18, 19, 55) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Similarity between the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 23, 24) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Figurative marks EL CABRÓN and CABRÓ!  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 35, 44, 49, 56-60) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Similarity between the marks concerned – Whether conceptual differences may neutralise visual or phonetic similarities – Conditions  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraph 48) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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

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

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ1168_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) OJ C 1260, 12.2.2024.

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