Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

**Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 June 2012 —  
XXXLutz Marken v OHIM**

**(Case C-306/11 P)**

Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Figurative mark Linea Natura Natur hat immer Stil — Opposition by the proprietor of the Community figurative mark natura selection — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion

1.                     *Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community 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 — Composite mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 39-41)*

2.                     *Appeals — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment
of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute
of the Court of Justice, Art. 58(1)) (see para. 50)*

**Re:**

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| Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 March 2011 in Case T-54/09 | XXXLutz Marken | v | OHIM — Natura Selection (Linea Natura Natur hat immer Stil) | dismissing the action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 November 2008 (Case R 1787/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Natura Selection, SL and XXXLutz Marken GmbH — Likelihood of confusion between the figurative signs ‘natura selection’ and ‘Linea Natura Natur hat immer Stil’ — Erroneous assessment of the similarity of those signs — Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94. |

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. |  | Dismisses the appeal; |

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| --- | --- | --- |
| 2. |  | Orders XXXLutz Marken GmbH to pay the costs. |

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