CELEX: 62015TA0549
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-549/15: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2016 — Guiral Broto v EUIPO — Gastro & Soul (CAFE DEL SOL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark CAFE DEL SOL — Earlier national figurative mark Café del Sol — Failure to submit evidence in the language of the opposition proceedings — Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rules 19 and 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Rights of the defence)

30.1.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 30/45
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2016 — Guiral Broto v EUIPO — Gastro & Soul (CAFE DEL SOL)
   (Case T-549/15) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark CAFE DEL SOL - Earlier national figurative mark Café del Sol - Failure to submit evidence in the language of the opposition proceedings - Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Rules 19 and 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 - Rights of the defence))
   (2017/C 030/50)
   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: H. O’Neill, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Gastro & Soul GmbH (Hildesheim, Germany)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 July 2015 (Case R 1888/2014-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Guiral Broto and Gastro & Soul.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 16 July 2015 (Case R 1888/2014-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Ramón Guiral Broto and Gastro & Soul GmbH;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders EUIPO and Mr Guiral Broto each to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 381, 16.11.2015.