26According to settled case-law, the types of injury referred to in Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 are the consequence of a certain degree of similarity between the earlier mark and the mark applied for, by virtue of which the relevant section of the public makes a connection between those marks, that is to say, establishes a link between them even though it does not necessarily confuse them. The existence of a link between the mark applied for and the earlier mark with a reputation, which must be assessed globally, account being taken of all factors relevant to the circumstances of the case, is therefore an essential precondition for the application of that provision (judgments in SPA-FINDERS, paragraph 25 above, EU:T:2005:179, paragraph 41; of 10 May 2007 in Antartica v OHIM — Nasdaq Stock Market (nasdaq), T‑47/06, EU:T:2007:131, paragraph 53; and BEATLE, paragraph 25 above, EU:T:2012:177, paragraph 46; see also, by analogy, judgments of 23 October 2003 in Adidas-Salomon and Adidas Benelux, C‑408/01, ECR, EU:C:2003:582, paragraphs 29, 30 and 38, and of 27 November 2008 in Intel Corporation, C‑252/07, ECR, EU:C:2008:655, paragraphs 30, 41, 57, 58 and 66).
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