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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2023 –  
KHG v EUIPO – Dreams (Dreamer)

(Case T‑608/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0608_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark Dreamer – Earlier EU word mark DREAMS – 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 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 14, 15, 65, 70) |

| 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 – Earlier trade mark constituted by an EU trade mark – Refusal to register where there is a relative ground for refusal, even if limited to part of the Union  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraph 18) |

| 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 goods or services in question – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 23, 24) |

| 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 Dreamer and word mark DREAMS  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 36, 43, 52, 55, 61, 62, 71, 74) |

| 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 – 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 45, 46, 54) |

| 6. | EU trade mark – Decisions of EUIPO – Legality – EUIPO's previous decision-making practice  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001)  (see paragraph 72) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls in part the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 June 2022 (Case R 1975/2021-2) in so far as it dismissed the appeal so far as concerns ‘printers’ blankets of textile’ in Class 24 covered by the mark applied for; |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders KHG GmbH & Co. KG and EUIPO to bear their own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0608_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 441, 21.11.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:441:TOC).

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