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Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 December 2020 –  
Production Christian Gallimard v EUIPO – Éditions Gallimard (PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD)

(Case T‑863/19)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD – Earlier EU word marks GALLIMARD – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Conceptual comparison – Surnames – Independent distinctive role – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 20, 21, 139-141) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Similarity between the goods or services in question – Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 25, 26, 35, 36) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Observations of third parties and opposition – Examination of the opposition – Proof of use of the earlier mark – Partial use – Effect – Concept of ‘part of the goods or services’ covered by the registration  (Council Regulation 207/2009, Art. 57(2) and (3))  (see paras 33, 34) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Word marks PCG CALLIGRAM CHRISTIAN GALLIMARD and GALLIMARD  (Council Regulation 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 39, 42, 48, 53, 58, 64, 65, 87, 93, 98, 113, 124, 134, 150) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Decisions of the Office – Legality – EUIPO’s previous decision-making practice  (see paras 57, 63) |

| 6. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Similarity of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark  (Council Regulation 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 68, 69, 73-76, 90, 96, 103, 105, 131, 147) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 October 2019 (Case R 2316/2018-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Éditions Gallimard la nouvelle revue française éditions de la nouvelle revue française and Production Christian Gallimard.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Production Christian Gallimard to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); |

| 3. | Orders Éditions Gallimard la nouvelle revue française éditions de la nouvelle revue française SA to bear its own costs. |

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