Global Chartered Controller Institute v EUIPO - CFA Institute (CCA CHARTERED CONTROLLER ANALYST CERTIFICATE)

JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber)9 June 2021 (*)(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark CCA CHARTERED CONTROLLER ANALYST CERTIFICATE – Earlier EU word mark CFA and earlier EU figurative mark CFA CHARTERED FINANCIAL ANALYST – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Relevant public – Level of attention)In Case T‑266/20,Global Chartered Controller Institute SL, established in Alicante (Spain), represented by M. Pomares Caballero and T. Barber Giner, lawyers,applicant,v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by P. Villani and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents,defendant,the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court, being CFA Institute, established in Charlottesville, Virginia (United States), represented by G. Engels and W. May, lawyers,ACTION brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 February 2020 (Case R 235/2019-5), relating to opposition proceedings between CFA Institute and Global Chartered Controller Institute,THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber),composed of M. J. Costeira, President, M. Kancheva (Rapporteur) and B. Berke, Judges,Registrar: E. Coulon,having regard to the application lodged at the Court Registry on 8 May 2020,having regard to the response of EUIPO lodged at the Court Registry on 27 October...