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Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 23 February 2022 –  
Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik v EUIPO – Schuju (Хозяйка)

(Case T‑185/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0185_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Хозяйка – Earlier national figurative mark хозяюшка – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see paras 25, 26, 28, 77-79) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier 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  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see para. 29) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier 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  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see paras 32-34) |

| 4. | Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Identification of the subject matter of the dispute – Brief statement of the pleas in law on which the application is based  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para..; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(1)(d))  (see paras 38, 39) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Similarity of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see paras 44, 45, 54, 55) |

| 6. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Word mark Хозяйка and figurative mark хозяюшка  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see paras 43, 58, 68, 76, 92, 101) |

| 7. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Weak distinctive character of the earlier mark – Effect  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b) and 53(1)(a))  (see para. 89) |

| 8. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Assessment of the registrability of a sign – EU rules only taken into account – Decisions of national authorities not binding EU bodies  (Council Regulation No 207/2009)  (see paras 96, 99) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik GmbH to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0185_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 242, 21.6.2021](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:242:TOC).

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