Case T‑742/14

Alpha Calcit Füllstoffgesellschaft mbh

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European Union Intellectual Property Office

(EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark CALCILITE — Earlier EU word mark Calcilit — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Relevant public — Public common to the goods in question)

Summary — Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 19 July 2016

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))

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))

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 — Finished product — Definition

(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a))

1.      See the text of the decision.

(see paras 41, 42)

2.      See the text of the decision.

(see paras 43, 44)

3.      The fact that a product is described as being a finished product does not mean it may not be used in industry as an ingredient, raw material or component in the manufacture of another product. A finished product means a product which is ready to be marketed. The description can therefore be applied to products marketed to industry. Moreover, even if that description is used in a narrower sense, to distinguish manufactured goods from unprocessed raw materials, a manufactured product may constitute an ingredient, raw material or component of another manufactured product.

(see para. 51)