Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 24 April 2024 –  
Tsakiris v EUIPO  
–  
Coca-Cola 3E Ellados (Le Petit Déjeuner TSAKIRIS FAMILY)

(Case T‑303/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0303_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark Le Petit Déjeuner TSAKIRIS FAMILY – Earlier national figurative mark TSAKIRIS CHIPS – Damage to reputation – Use without due cause – Article 8(5) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Article 81 TFEU)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Legality of a decision issued by a board of appeal adjudicating in invalidity proceeding – Challenged by the adducing of new facts – Not permissible – Account taken, for the purposes of interpreting EU law, of EU case-law or national or international case-law not cited before the bodies of EUIPO – Whether permissible  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72)  (see paragraphs 21, 22) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Modification of the terms of the dispute as brought before the Board of Appeal – Not permissible  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 188)  (see paragraph 25) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Proceedings before the bodies of EUIPO – Relationship between proceedings before the bodies of EUIPO for revocation or invalidity of an EU trade mark and any proceedings before a national court – Res judicata – None  (Art. 81 TFEU; Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(5), 53(1)(a), 56(3) and 100(2))  (see paragraphs 31, 34) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Tsakiris AE Paragogis & Emporias Trofimon to bear its own costs and to pay those of Coca-Cola 3E Ellados AVEE; |

| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0303_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 286, 14.8.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:286:TOC).

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