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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 17 January 2017 —  
QuaMa Quality Management v EUIPO — Microchip Technology (medialbo)

(Case T‑225/15)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU trade mark medialbo — Earlier EU word mark MediaLB — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 41(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Registration of the transfer of the mark — Article 17(7) of Regulation 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 47, 68) |

| 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 — Word marks medialbo and MediaLB  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 48-51, 67, 69) |

| 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  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 52-54, 58, 61) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 February 2015 (Joined Cases R 1809/2014-4 and R 1680/2014-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Microchip Technology and Alexander Bopp.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders QuaMa Quality Management GmbH to pay the costs. |

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