50Application of the principle of the interdependence of the various factors to be taken into account, which is necessarily involved in the global assessment of the likelihood of confusion, confirms that conclusion. There may be a likelihood of confusion, notwithstanding a lesser degree of similarity between the trade marks, where the goods or services covered by them are very similar (see Lloyd Schub fabrik Meyer, paragraph 21). In this case, as has already been found, the goods designated by the mark claimed and the goods covered by the earlier mark are identical. As a consequence of that identity, which, moreover, is not contested by the applicant, any differences between the signs in question are attenuated.
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