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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 March 2018 — Claro Sol Cleaning v EUIPO — Solemo (Claro Sol Facility Services desde 1972)

(Case T‑159/17)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark Claro Sol Facility Services desde 1972 — Earlier national figurative mark SOL — 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—Appeals procedure—Action before the EU judicature—Jurisdiction of the General Court—Direction issued to the Office @ Direction addressed to the Office—Not included  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 65(6))  (see para. 19) |

| 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—Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark—Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 23-26, 62) |

| 3. | 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 No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 27, 32, 33, 36, 47, 48) |

| 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—Assessment of the likelihood of confusion—Attention level of the public  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 28) |

| 5. | 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 Claro Sol Facility Services desde 1972 and SOL  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 43, 45, 49, 50, 54, 55, 58-61, 63-66) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 January 2017 (Case R 478/2016-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Solemo and Claro Sol Cleaning.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 January 2017 (Case R 478/2016-1). |

| 2. | Orders Solemo Oy to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Claro Sol Cleaning, SLU. |

| 3. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs. |

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