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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 6 October 2021 –  
Guo v EUIPO – Sand Cph (sandriver)

(Case T‑505/20)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark sandriver – Earlier EU word mark SAND – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a))  (see paras 19, 20, 23, 88) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Assessment of the likelihood of confusion – Determination of the relevant public – Attention level of the public  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a))  (see para. 30) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Similarity between the goods or services in question – Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a))  (see paras 36, 37) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Similarity of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark – Element common to two marks having an independent distinctive role in the later mark  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a))  (see paras 39, 43-45, 60, 73) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Figurative mark sandriver and word mark SAND  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a))  (see paras 93-97) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 June 2020 (Case R 2019/2019-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Sand Cph and Ms Guo.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Ms Xiuling Guo to pay the costs. |

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