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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 October 2017 – Kofola ČeskoSlovensko v EUIPO – Mionetto (UGO)

(Case T-176/16)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark UGO — Earlier EU figurative mark il UGO ! — Partial surrender of the earlier mark — 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–Appeals procedure–Action before the EU judicature–Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision–Limits–Surrender of the earlier mark occurred subsequent to the decision of the Board of Appeal–Irrelevant  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 50(2) and 65(2)(3))  (see paras 24-28) |

| 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 35, 36) |

| 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 para 42) |

| 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 marks UGO and il UGO !  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 44, 63, 68, 69, 72, 77, 81) |

| 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–Criteria for assessment–Composite mark  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 45, 46) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 February 2016 (Case R 2707/2014-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Mionetto and Kofola ČeskoSlovensko.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Kofola ČeskoSlovensko a.s. to pay the costs. |

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