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Case T-721/25: Action brought on 16 October 2025 – Sabormex v EUIPO – (Tierra Brands España (TIERRA GARAT)
Case T-721/25: Action brought on 16 October 2025 – Sabormex v EUIPO – (Tierra Brands España (TIERRA GARAT)
Case T-721/25: Action brought on 16 October 2025 – Sabormex v EUIPO – (Tierra Brands España (TIERRA GARAT)
OJ C, C/2026/116, 5.1.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/116/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN C series |
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C/2026/116 |
5.1.2026 |
Action brought on 16 October 2025 – Sabormex v EUIPO – (Tierra Brands España (TIERRA GARAT)
(Case T-721/25)
(C/2026/116)
Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Sabormex SAPI de CV (Mexico City, Mexico) (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: Tierra Brands España, SL (Madrid, Spain)
Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant
Trade mark at issue: Application for EU figurative mark TIERRA GARAT – Application No 18 906 602
Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 August 2025 in Case R 293/2025-2
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul the contested decision; |
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consequently, annul the decision on the opposition brought against the contested mark, ordering the possible peaceful coexistence of the opposing marks, and allow registration of the contested mark; |
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order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law
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Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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Error in the assessment of the proof of use submitted by the defendant before the Board of Appeal in finding the effective use of the earlier mark during the relevant period to be sufficiently proven and failure to take account of the arguments and facts set out by the appellant before the Board of Appeal; |
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Error in the overall assessment of the earlier mark and the contested mark, by dividing up and dismembering each mark, eliminating the additional elements of the contested mark and failing to take account of the obvious overall differences; |
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Error in the assessment of the degree of distinctiveness of the common element ‘TIERRA’ in relation to the services in Class 43. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/116/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)