The Supreme Administrative Court in a judgment of 20 February 2007, case file II GSK 247/06, held that one cannot assume in the case of word-figurative trade marks, that the verbal element is the most important because of its ease of memorization and communication. In assessing the similarity of the signs it is necessary to take into account the overall impression the compared signs have made/produced on the recipient/consumer.

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