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Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 22 June 2022 –  
Future Motion v EUIPO – El Corte Inglés (HYPERCORE)

(Case T‑356/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0356_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Word mark HYPERCORE – Earlier EU figurative mark HIPERCOR – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – 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 21-23) |

| 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 between the goods or services in question – Criteria for assessment – Complementary nature of the goods or services  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 25-28) |

| 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 – Word mark HYPERCORE and figurative mark HIPERCOR  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 32, 37, 38, 43, 45-47) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 April 2021 (Case R 1229/2020-1); |

| 2. | Orders EUIPO, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by Future Motion, Inc.; |

| 3. | Orders El Corte Inglés, SA, to bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0356_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 329, 16.8.2021](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:329:TOC).

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