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Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 8 June 2022 –  
Polo Club Düsseldorf v EUIPO – Company Bridge and Life (POLO CLUB DÜSSELDORF EST. 1976)

(Case T‑355/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0355_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark POLO CLUB DÜSSELDORF EST. 1976 – Earlier national figurative mark POLO CLUB – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

| 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  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 21, 22, 67) |

| 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  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 27, 28, 32, 33, 45) |

| 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 marks POLO CLUB DÜSSELDORF EST. 1976 and POLO CLUB  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 41, 49, 55, 61, 66, 72) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Polo Club Düsseldorf GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs, including those necessarily incurred by Company Bridge and Life, SL for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0355_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 329, 16.8.2021](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:329:TOC).

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