Action brought on 22 November 2023 – Freddo Freddo v EUIPO – Krema (doffre)

(Case T-1091/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Freddo Freddo, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.F. Gallego Jiménez, E. Sanz Valls, P. Bauzá Martínez and Y. Hernández Viñes, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Krema S.A. (Punta del Este, Uruguay)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for EU figurative mark doffre – Application for registration No 18 365 318

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 September 2023 in Case R 744/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

uphold the opposition filed against the contested mark and declare that it is impossible for the conflicting marks to coexist peacefully;

order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the costs.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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