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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 January 2022 –  
Construcciones Electromecánicas Sabero v EUIPO – Magdalenas de las Heras (Heras Bareche)

(Case T‑99/21)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark Heras Bareche – Earlier EU figurative mark MAGDALENAS DeLasHeras – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

| 1. | 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 – Enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 20-23, 129, 130) |

| 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 – Earlier trade mark constituted by an EU trade mark – Refusal to register where there is a relative ground for refusal, even if limited to part of the Union  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 28) |

| 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 – Figurative marks Heras Bareche and MAGDALENAS DeLasHeras  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 29, 47, 102, 128, 135, 150) |

| 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 between the goods or services in question – Complementary nature of the goods or services  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 30-33) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Decision of an EUIPO body forming part of the context of the decision of the Board of Appeal  (see para. 40) |

| 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 – Composite mark – Determination of the dominant elements  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paras 49, 50, 85-87, 95, 109, 143) |

| 7. | 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 – Breakdown of a word sign into word elements having concrete significance  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 59) |

| 8. | EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Statement of reasons for decisions  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1))  (see para. 77) |

| 9. | 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 – Conceptual similarity – Signs containing a surname  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see para. 124) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 December 2020 (Case R 1019/2020-5) relating to opposition proceedings between Magdalenas de las Heras and Construcciones Electromecánicas Sabero.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Construcciones Electromecánicas Sabero, SL to pay the costs. |

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