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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 November 2020 –  
Deutsche Post v EUIPO – Pošta Slovenije (Representation of a stylised horn)

(Case T‑25/20)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for registration of an EU figurative mark representing a stylised horn – Earlier EU figurative mark representing a post horn on a yellow background – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Lack of distinctive character of the earlier mark – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now 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  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 17, 18, 48-50) |

| 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 – Degree of distinctiveness of the earlier trade mark  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 25, 26, 38) |

| 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 mark representing a stylised horn – Figurative mark representing a postal horn on a yellow background  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 37, 47, 57) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 November 2019 (Case R 994/2019-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Deutsche Post and Pošta Slovenije.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Deutsche Post AG to pay the costs. |

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