Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 November 2018 –  
Foodterapia v EUIPO — Sperlari (DIETOX)

(Case T‑486/17)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark DIETOX — Earlier EU figurative mark Dietor — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 18-21, 90) |

| 2. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Figurative marks DIETOX and Dietor  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 30, 49, 61, 70, 86, 98) |

| 3. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Similarity of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 36, 37, 43, 45, 50) |

| 4. | EU trade mark — Proceedings before the EUIPO authorities — Directives of the Office — Scope — Limits  (see para. 96) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 May 2017 (Case R 1611/2016-5), concerning opposition proceedings between Cloetta Italia and Foodterapia.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Foodterapia, SL, to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Sperlari Srl, including the costs necessarily incurred by the latter’s legal predecessor before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |

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