ECLI:EU:T:2004:46

«(Community trade mark – Application for Community word mark CONFORFLEX – Earlier national word and figurative marks FLEX – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)» Summary of the Judgment Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the holder of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Mark CONFORFLEX and figurative marks including the term flex(Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber)18 February 2004 (1) ((Community trade mark – Application for Community work mark CONFORFLEX – Earlier national word and figurative marks FLEX – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94)) applicant, v defendant, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Fourth Chamber), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 20 November 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber), Legal Tiili Vilaras H. Jung H. Legal Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: French.