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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 28 November 2017 – Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO – Sharma (NRIM Life Sciences)

(Case T-909/16)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark NRIM Life Sciences — Earlier national word mark RYM — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2001))

| 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 No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 18, 19, 43) |

| 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 of the marks concerned–Criteria for assessment–Composite mark  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 23-26) |

| 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–Assessment of the distinctiveness of an element composing a trade mark  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 27-29) |

| 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 NRIM Life Sciences and RYM  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 36, 44-47) |

Re:

ACTION for annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 September 2016 (Case R‑2376/2015-5), concerning opposition proceedings between Laboratorios Ern and Mr Sharma.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the appeal; |

| 2. | Orders Laboratorios Ern, SA, to pay the costs. |

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