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Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 September 2022 –  
Primagran v EUIPO – Primagaz (prımagran)

(Case T‑624/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TO0624_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark prımagran – Earlier EU figurative mark PRIMA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 27(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 – Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Prohibition of reformatio in pejus – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Review of the lawfulness of decisions of the Boards of Appeal – Scope – Limits  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(1))  (see paragraph 19) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Legality of the decision of a Board of Appeal adjudicating in opposition proceedings – Challenge in reliance on new elements of law or fact – Not permissible  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(2))  (see paragraph 20) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Appeals before the Boards of Appeal – Competence of the Boards of Appeal – New full examination of the merits  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 71(1))  (see paragraphs 27, 32) |

| 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 – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 36, 47-49, 124, 128) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Examination of the facts of the Office’s own motion – Opposition proceedings – Examination restricted to the facts, evidence and arguments provided – Examination of a legal question of the Office’s own motion – Condition  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 95(1))  (see paragraph 39) |

| 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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Degree of attention of the relevant public  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraph 52) |

| 7. | 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 – Figurative marks primagran and PRIMA  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 57-60, 73, 91, 94, 115, 116, 125-127) |

| 8. | 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 – Complementary nature of the goods or services  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 65, 66, 72) |

| 9. | 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 – Determination of the dominant element or elements  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 75, 83-86, 89, 90, 106) |

Operative part

| 1. | The action is dismissed. |

| 2. | Primagran sp. z o.o. shall bear its own costs and pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Compagnie des gaz de pétrole Primagaz. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TO0624_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 481, 29.11.2021](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:481:TOC).

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