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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 16 May 2017 —  
AW v EUIPO — Pharma Mar (YLOELIS)

(Case T‑85/15)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark YLOELIS — Earlier EU word mark YONDELIS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

| 1. | Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Pleas in law not set out in the application — General reference to other documents — Inadmissibility  (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(1))  (see para. 14) |

| 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 — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Criteria  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 19, 20, 48) |

| 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 — Earlier trade mark constituted by an EU trade mark — Refusal to register on a ground relating to refusal even limited to part of the Union  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 21, 49) |

| 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 — Word marks YLOELIS and YONDELIS  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 23, 35, 47, 52, 55) |

| 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 between the goods or services in question — Criteria for assessment — Complementary nature of the goods or services — Medicinal products  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 24, 25, 28, 30-32) |

| 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 — Similarity of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 36) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 December 2014 (Case R 1100/2014-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Pharma Mar and Alfa Wassermann Hungary.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Alfa Wassermann SpA (AW) to pay the costs. |

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