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Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 23 February 2022 –  
Ignacio Carrasco v EUIPO – Santos Carrasco Manzano (La Hoja del Carrasco)

(Case T‑209/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0209_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark La Hoja del Carrasco – Earlier national figurative mark CARRASCO, Guijuelo – 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) – Dominant and distinctive elements of the marks at issue)

| 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 17-19, 67, 68, 72) |

| 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 – Similarity of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see paras 23, 27-29, 31, 48, 52) |

| 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 of the marks concerned – Assessment of the distinctive character of an element of which a trade mark is composed  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see para. 30) |

| 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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Figurative marks La Hoja del Carrasco and CARRASCO, Guijuelo  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see paras 41, 50, 60, 61, 76, 77) |

| 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 – Similarity of the marks concerned – Whether conceptual differences may neutralise visual or aural similarities – Conditions  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see para. 51) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Ignacio Carrasco SL to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0209_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 217, 7.6.2021.](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:217:TOC)

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