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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition) of 22 January 2025 – Fly Persia  
and  
Barmodeh v EUIPO – Dubai Aviation (flyPersia)

(Case T‑30/23)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark flyPersia – Earlier EU figurative mark flydubai – 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 identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of 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 14, 65) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Similarity between 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 18, 23, 24) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Weak distinctive character of the earlier mark – Effect  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraph 66) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Figurative marks flyPersia et flydubai  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 71-76) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Directions issued to EUIPO – Precluded  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(6))  (see paragraph 80) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 November 2022 (Case R 1723/2021-4); |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by Fly Persia IKE and Mr Ali Barmodeh for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |

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