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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 14 May 2019 –  
Guiral Broto v EUIPO — Gastro & Soul (Café del Sol and CAFE DEL SOL)

(Cases T‑89/18 and T‑90/18)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Applications for the EU word and figurative marks Café del Sol and CAFE DEL SOL — Earlier national figurative mark Café del Sol — Proof of the existence, validity and scope of protection of the earlier mark — Translation — Rights of the defence — Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)

| 1. | EU trade mark — Procedural provisions — Decisions of EUIPO — Observance of the rights of the defence — Scope of the principle  (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 41, 47 and 48; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94)  (see paras 29, 30) |

| 2. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Appeal against a decision of the Opposition Division of EUIPO — Examination by the Board of Appeal — Scope — Facts and evidence not produced in support of the opposition within the period prescribed for that purpose — Account taken — Discretion of the Board of Appeal  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 95(2); Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rules 19(2) and 50)  (see paras 39-43, 47) |

| 3. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Legality of the decision of a Board of Appeal adjudicating in opposition proceedings — Claim that defence rights infringed — Procedural irregularity — Possibility of obtaining annulment of the said decision simply by demonstrating the likelihood of a different decision in the absence of that irregularity  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 95(2))  (see para. 48) |

| 4. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision — Limits  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(3))  (see para. 51) |

Re:

Actions brought against the decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 December 2017 (Cases R 1095/2017-4 and R 1096/2017-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Guiral Broto and Gastro & Soul.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 December 2017 (Cases R 1095/2017-4 and R 1096/2017-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Ramón Guiral Broto and Gastro & Soul GmbH; |

| 2. | Dismisses the actions as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders EUIPO and Mr Guiral Broto each to bear their own costs. |

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