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**Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 20 September 2007 – Nestlé v OHIM**

**(Case C‑193/06 P)**

Appeal – Community trade mark – Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Article 8(1)(b) – Figurative mark containing the word ‘QUICKY’ – Opposition of holder of earlier national word marks QUICKIES – Likelihood of confusion – Overall assessment

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
(Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 34-35, 46-47, 76)

**Re:**

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| Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 22 February 2006 in Case T 74/04 | Nestlé | v | OHIM | , intervener: Quick Restaurants SA., dismissing the action for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 December 2003 (Case R 922/2001-2) concerning opposition proceedings in which the parties were Société des Produits Nestlé SA and Quick Restaurants SA. |

**Operative part**

The Court:

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|  |  | Annuls the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 22 February 2006 in Case T 74/04 Nestlé v OHIM-Quick (QUICKY) to the extent that, contrary to Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark, the Court did not assess the visual similarity of the signs at issue by relying on the overall impression given by them; |

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|  |  | Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder; |

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|  |  | Refers the case back to the Court of First Instance of the European Communities; |

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|  |  | Reserves the costs. |

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