22The applicant disputes the Board of Appeal's assertion that the attention of the consumer will focus on the prefix of the marks and points out that the idea of a ‘castle’is very common in the wine sector. It states that, in the territory concerned, there are a number of registered trade marks containing the prefixes ‘castel’, ‘castle’, ‘Kastel’ or ‘château’ and that consumers identify a wine by means of the suffix attached to those prefixes, which are devoid of distinctive character. It follows, according to the applicant, that the respective suffixes of the signs at issue must be regarded as the distinctive and dominant components which attract the attention of the consumer (Case T-202/04 Madaus v OHIM — Optima Healthcare (ECHINAID) [2006] ECR II-1115, paragraph 55).
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