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Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 February 2017 —  
Hernández Zamora v EUIPO — Rosen Tantau (Paloma)

(Case T‑369/15)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Paloma — Earlier EU figurative mark Paloma — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1) 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, 35) |

| 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 mark Paloma and figurative mark Paloma  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 17, 18, 30, 36) |

| 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 between the goods or services in question — Criteria for assessment — Complementary nature of the goods  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 22, 23, 26-28) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 April 2015 (Case R 1697/2014-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Hernández Zamora and Rosen Tantau.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Hernández Zamora, SA to pay the costs. |

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