In case T-515/12 El Corte Inglés v OHMI - English Cut, the General Court upheld the decision of the Board of Appeal which rejected the opposition against the word mark THE ENGLISH CUT on the basis of the earlier Spanish marks EL CORTE INGLES and the figurative marks (represented right) registered in Classes 25 and 35. 

Although the signs cover similar or identical goods, they are different from a visual and aural point of view. From a conceptual perspective, although the contested  CTM is a direct translation of the Spanish words “EL CORTE INGLES”, due to the differences in syntax between the languages and the low knowledge of English by the Spanish consumer (as per well-established case-law “House of donuts” and “Zipcar”, there is only a weak conceptual similarity.

Therefore there is no likelihood of confusion according to Article 8 (1) b) CTMR and one of the requirements is missing so the opposition cannot be successful on the basis of 8(5) CTMR either.