Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 15 November 2023 –  
International Foodstuffs v EUIPO – Société des produits Nestlé (TIFFANY CRUNCH N CREAM)

(Case T-321/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0321_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark TIFFANY CRUNCH N CREAM – International registration of the earlier figurative mark CRUNCH – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Re-evaluation of the facts in the light of evidence produced for the first time before it – Not included  (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 188; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 2017/1001, Arts 72 and 95)  (see paragraph 19) |

| 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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 29-31, 35, 71, 72) |

| 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 – Similarity between the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 36, 37, 64) |

| 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 – Similarity between the marks concerned – Assessment of the distinctive character of an element of a trade mark  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 43, 45, 47-52, 56) |

| 5. | 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 – Word mark TIFFANY CRUNCH N CREAM and figurative mark CRUNCH  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraph 73) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders International Foodstuffs Co. LLC to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0321_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 276, 18.7.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:276:TOC).

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