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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 May 2019 — Stirlinx Arkadiusz Kamusiński v EUIPO — Heinrich Bauer Verlag (Brave Paper)

(Case T‑37/18)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark Brave Paper — Earlier national word mark BRAVO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Conceptual similarity)

| 1. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Power to issue directions — None  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(6))  (see para. 15) |

| 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 — Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 19, 64, 65) |

| 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 — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Determination of the relevant public — Attention level of the public  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 24, 25) |

| 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  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 30, 34) |

| 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 — Presence of several letters in the same order  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 39) |

| 6. | 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 Brave Paper and BRAVO  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 58-60, 66-71) |

Re

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 November 2017 (Case R 391/2017-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Heinrich Bauer Verlag and Stirlinx Arkadiusz Kamusiński.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Stirlinx Arkadiusz Kamusiński to pay the costs. |

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