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Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 March 2019 –  
Herrero Torres v EUIPO — DZ Licores (CARAJILLO LICOR 43 CUARENTA Y TRES)

(Case T‑326/18)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark CARAJILLO LICOR 43 CUARENTA Y TRES — Earlier national figurative mark Carajillo — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

| 1. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Review of the lawfulness of decisions of the Boards of Appeal — Account taken by the General Court of matters of law and fact not previously raised before the departments of EUIPO — Precluded  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(2))  (see para. 34) |

| 2. | EU trade mark — Procedural provisions — Examination of the facts of the Office’s own motion — Opposition proceedings — Examination restricted to the submissions of the parties  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 95(1))  (see para. 35) |

| 3. | 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 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1), first sentence)  (see paras 40, 41, 46) |

| 4. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Appeal to a Board of Appeal — Competence of the Boards of Appeal — New full examination of the merits  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 71(1))  (see para. 47) |

| 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 — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Figurative marks CARAJILLO LICOR 43 CUARENTA Y TRES and Carajillo  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 57, 58, 65, 72) |

| 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 — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 59) |

| 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 — Similarity of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 63) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 March 2018 (Case R 2104/2017-5) relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Herrero Torres and DZ Licores.

Operative part

| 1. | The action is dismissed. |

| 2. | Mr José-Ramón Herrero Torres shall pay the costs. |

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