Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 7 February 2024 –  
Darila v EUIPO – Original Buff (Buffet)

(Case T‑101/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0101_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative trade mark Buffet – Earlier EU word mark BUFF and earlier figurative mark Buff – 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 – Precluded  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72)  (see paragraph 18) |

| 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 23, 24, 75, 76, 82) |

| 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 29, 30, 36, 39, 40, 42) |

| 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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Figurative mark Buffet – Word mark BUFF and figurative mark Buff  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 45, 52, 68, 77-80, 84) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Mr Michal Darila to pay his own costs as well as those incurred by Original Buff, SA; |

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

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0101_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 127, 11.4.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:127:TOC).

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