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Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 December 2022 –  
Sanetview v EUIPO – 2boca2catering (Las Cebras)

(Case T‑159/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0159_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark Las Cebras – Earlier national figurative mark LEZEBRA – 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 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 16, 17) |

| 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 of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Composite mark – Determination of the dominant element or elements  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 22, 23, 27, 34, 43) |

| 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 – Figurative mark Las Cebras  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 33, 35-37, 44, 45) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Sanetview, SLU to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0159_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 198, 16.5.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:198:TOC).

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