Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 – Campofrio Food Group v EUIPO – Cerioti Holding (SNACK MI)
(Case T-736/22) 1
(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark SNACK MI – Earlier national figurative marks CAMPOFRIO SNACK’IN – Relative grounds for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – No damage to reputation – Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Campofrio Food Group, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Erdozain López, M. Del Río Aragó, E. Seijo Veiguela and J. Vicente Martínez, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: C. Bovar, E. Markakis and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Cerioti Holding SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 10 August 2022 (Case R 59/2022-2).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Campofrio Food Group, SA to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 24, 23.1.2023.