CELEX: 62018TA0089
Language: en
Date: 2019-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-89/18 and T-90/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Guiral Broto v EUIPO — Gastro & Soul (Café del Sol and CAFE DEL SOL) (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)

8.7.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 230/36
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Guiral Broto v EUIPO — Gastro & Soul (Café del Sol and CAFE DEL SOL)
      (Joined Cases T-89/18 and T-90/18) (1)
      
      (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)
      (2019/C 230/45)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Ramón Guiral Broto (Marbella, Spain) (represented by: J.L. de Castro Hermida, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Sipos, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Gastro & Soul GmbH (Hildesheim, Germany)
      
         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 of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     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;
                  
               
            
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                     Dismisses the actions as to the remainder;
                  
               
            
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                     Orders EUIPO and Mr Guiral Broto each to bear their own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 134, 16.4.2018.