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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 April 2016 —

L’Oréal v EUIPO — Theralab (VICHY LABORATOIRES V IDÉALIA)

(Case T‑144/15)

‛EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark VICHY LABORATOIRES V IDÉALIA — Earlier EU word mark IDEALINA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009’

| 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 16, 17) |

| 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 — Assessment only on the basis of the dominant element of a complex mark — Conditions (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see para. 18) |

| 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 — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Figurative mark VICHY LABORATOIRES V IDÉALIA and word mark IDEALINA (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 26-32) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 January 2015 (Case R 1097/2014-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Theralab — Produtos Farmacêuticos e Nutracêuticos and L’Oréal.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders L’Oréal, SA, to pay the costs. |

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