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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 7 December 2018 –  
La Zaragozana v EUIPO — Heineken Italia (CERVISIA)

(Case T‑378/17)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark CERVISIA — Earlier national word mark CERVISIA AMBAR — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs –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 — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Legality of the decision of a Board of Appeal adjudicating in opposition proceedings — Challenge in reliance on new elements of law or fact — Not permissible  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 65)  (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  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 17, 18, 39) |

| 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 of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment — Composite mark  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 21, 22) |

| 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 — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Figurative mark CERVISIA and word mark CERVISIA AMBAR  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 37, 38, 45, 51-53) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 March 2017 (Case R 1241/2016-5) concerning opposition proceedings between La Zaragozana and Heineken Italia.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) issued of 13 March 2017 (Case R 1241/2016-5); |

| 2. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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