Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 February 2019 –  
Torro Entertainment v EUIPO — Grupo Osborne (TORRO Grande MEAT IN STYLE)

(Case T‑63/18)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark TORRO Grande MEAT IN STYLE — Earlier EU word marks TORO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Duty of care — Article 95(1) of Regulation 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  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 17, 18, 60) |

| 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 — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Determination of the relevant public — Attention level of the public  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 19) |

| 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 — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Refusal to register on account of a relative ground for refusal even if limited to part of the Union  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 24) |

| 4. | 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 between the goods or services in question — Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 26, 27) |

| 5. | 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 — Composite mark  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 36, 37) |

| 6. | 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 — Possibility of a visual similarity between a figurative mark and a word mark  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 47) |

| 7. | 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 mark TORRO Grande MEAT IN STYLE and word marks TORO  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 64-66) |

| 8. | EU trade mark — Procedural provisions — Statement of reasons for decisions — Article 94(1), first sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001 — Scope identical to that of Article 296 TFEU  (Art. 296, second para. TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1), first sentence)  (see paras 70, 71) |

| 9. | EU trade mark — Procedural provisions — Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion — Duty of diligence  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 95(1))  (see para. 72) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 December 2017 (Case R 1776/2017-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Grupo Osborne and Torro Entertainment.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Torro Entertainment Ltd to pay the costs. |

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