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Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 February 2021 –  
Herlyn and Beck v EUIPO – Brillux (B.home)

(Case T‑821/19)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark B.home – Earlier international word mark B-Wohnen – 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 28-30, 79, 80) |

| 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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Word marks B.home and B-Wohnen  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 32, 33, 44, 50, 59, 60, 69, 73, 83-85) |

| 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 – Similarity between the goods or services in question – Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 37, 38) |

| 4. | 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  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 45, 46) |

| 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 – Similarity of the marks concerned – Conceptual similarity between the marks composed of verbal elements in different languages – Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 64) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 September 2019 (Case R 373/2019-5), concerning opposition proceedings between, on the one hand, Brillux and, on the other hand, Ms Herlyn and Mr Beck.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Ms Sonja Herlyn and Mr Christian Beck to pay the costs. |

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