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General Court: Conceptual identity in different languages insufficient for likelihood of confusion

Is Elton confusingly similar with Elon?

“El TORO LOCO”: when a Monster truck show amounts to both trade mark and copyright infringement

TOUR DE FRANCE vs. TOUR DE FRANCE A LA RAME : Reputation of TOUR DE FRANCE limited to cycling competitions

“miababy” and “ia BABY interapothek”: Average phonetic similarity doesn’t offset low visual and conceptual similarity

The conceptual comparison – To be or not to be neglected?

Do names convey a clear and specific concept?

CJEU confirms no likelihood of confusion between MASSI and MESSI

CJEU rules on counteraction by conceptual differences in trade mark law, but leaves much to be resolved

Are two different whales conceptually identical? Fourth Board of Appeal finds likelihood of confusion despite some visual dissimilarities between marks

GC excludes likelihood of confusion between marks representing stylized human figure and relating to same goods due to low distinctiveness of shared concept

What's in a name? General Court rules conceptual comparison of names normally not possible