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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 26 November 2019 –  
Wyld v EUIPO — Kaufland Warenhandel (wyld)

(Case T‑711/18)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark wyld — Earlier international word mark WILD CRISP — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Rejection in part of the application for registration)

| 1. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Direction issued to the Office — Precluded  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(6))  (see para. 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 — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 24, 94) |

| 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 — Earlier trade mark constituted by an EU trade mark — Refusal to register where there is a relative ground for refusal, even if limited to part of the Union  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 25) |

| 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 — Similarity between the goods or services in question — Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 29) |

| 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 — Similarity of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment — Composite mark  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 48, 49, 59, 60, 63) |

| 6. | 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 wyld and WILD CRISP  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 73, 89, 92, 102) |

| 7. | 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 — Weak distinctive character of the earlier mark — Effect  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 101) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 September 2018 (Case R 2621/2017-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Kaufland Warenhandel and Wyld.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Wyld GmbH to pay the costs. |

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