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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 12 October 2022 –  
MCO (IP) v EUIPO – C8 (C2 CYPRUS CASINOS)

(Case T‑460/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0460_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(European Union trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for European Union figurative mark C2 CYPRUS CASINOS – Earlier national figurative mark C8 – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Interdependence of factors – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Obligation to state reasons)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Direction issued to the Office – Exclusion  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(6))  (see paragraphs 17, 18) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Amendment of a decision by the Office – Assessment in the light of the powers conferred on the Board of Appeal  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(3))  (see paragraph 19) |

| 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 – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 23-25, 46-51) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Statement of reasons for decisions – First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Scope identical to that of Article 296 TFEU – Recourse by the Board of Appeal to implicit reasoning – Lawfulness – Conditions  (Art. 296 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2); European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1), first sentence)  (see paragraph 53) |

| 5. | 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 marks C2 CYPRUS CASINOS and C8  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 34, 36, 62) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office of the European Union for Intellectual Property (EUIPO) of 26 May 2021 (Case R 908/2020-2) in so far as it relates to services for which only a low degree of similarity was found; |

| 2. | Dismisses the remainder of the action; |

| 3. | Orders MCO (IP) Holdings Ltd, EUIPO and C8 to bear their own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0460_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 412, 11.10.2021](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:412:TOC).

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