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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 29 November 2023 –  
Coljnar v EUIPO – Barbarian Sports Wear (Barbarian fashion)

(Case T‑427/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0427_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark Barbarian fashion – Earlier EU word mark BARBARIAN – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

| 1. | Judicial proceedings – Intervention – Failure by a party to the proceedings before EUIPO to comply with the time limit set out in Article 179 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court – Not possible to intervene under Article 173 of those rules  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, second para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 173 and 179)  (see paragraphs 12, 13) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of 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 paragraphs 17-19, 68) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Similarity between the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark – Assessment of the distinctive character of an element of a trade mark  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 24, 25, 28, 29, 33, 47) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Figurative mark Barbarian fashion and word mark BARBARIAN  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 35, 42, 50, 58, 66, 69-72) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Objective marketing considerations to be taken into account  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraph 57) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Ms Nataly Coljnar and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs; |

| 3. | Orders Barbarian Sports Wear Inc. to bear its own costs in relation to the procedural documents which it has lodged. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0427_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 326, 29.8.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:326:TOC).

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