Source: EURLEX
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**Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 12 February 2025 –** 
  
**Biif v EUIPO – Eddies Pizza (Caprizza)**

**(Case T**‑**187/24)**

( EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark CAPRIZZA – Earlier EU figurative mark capizzi GASTROPIZZA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the services – Similarity of the signs – 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 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 16, 17, 38, 78)*

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 goods or services in question*

*(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))*

*(see paragraph 27)*

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 CAPRIZZA and capizzi GASTROPIZZA*

*(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))*

*(see paragraphs 32, 49, 56, 70, 79, 81, 82)*

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 – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark – 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 38, 54)*

5.      *EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Statement of reasons for decisions – Article 94(1), first sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001 – Identical scope to that of Article 296 TFEU*

*(Art. 296 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1), first sentence)*

*(see paragraph 84)*

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| 1. |  | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. |  | Orders Biif Srl and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs. |

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