(b)如果申請商標圖案與較早商標圖案相同或近似,且所指定使用之商品或服務構成同一或類似,對較早商標保護領域的公眾而言,存在混淆誤認之虞;所謂混淆誤認之虞,包含與較早商標產生連結可能性(likelihood of association with the earlier trade mark)。[7]」
T-542/18 - Wanda Films and Wanda Visión v EUIPO - Dalian Wanda Group Co. (wanda films), paras 1-2 (ECLI:EU:T:2019:728).
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark Article 8 Relative grounds for refusal(“1. Upon opposition by the proprietor of an earlier trade mark, the trade mark applied for shall not be registered: (a)if it is identical with the earlier trade mark and the goods or services for which registration is applied for are identical with the goods or services for which the earlier trade mark is protected; (b)if because of its identity with, or similarity to, the earlier trade mark and the identity or similarity of the goods or services covered by the trade marks there exists a likelihood of confusion on the part of the public in the territory in which the earlier trade mark is protected; the likelihood of confusion includes the likelihood of association with the earlier trade mark.”).