Itinerant Show Room v EUIPO - Save the Duck (ITINERANT) (EU trade mark - Judgment) French Text [2022] EUECJ T-417/21 (14 September 2022)

Itinerant Show Room v EUIPO - Save the Duck (ITINERANT) (EU trade mark - Judgment) French Text [2022] EUECJ T-417/21 (14 September 2022)

The Board of Appeal correctly found the evidence submitted late inadmissible, established sufficient visual and conceptual similarity between the marks, confirmed the reputation of the earlier mark in Italy for padded jackets, and determined a risk of undue profit from the association, justifying refusal of...

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Citation
[2022] EUECJ T-417/21
Parties
Applicant: Itinerant Show Room Srl; Respondent: Office de l’Union européenne pour la propriété intellectuelle (EUIPO); Intervenor: Save the Duck SpA
Jurisdiction
European Union
Procedural Posture
EU Trade Mark Opposition Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From EUIPO Board of Appeal
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
EU Trade Mark Opposition, Figurative Marks, Reputation, Likelihood of Association, Proof of Evidence, Profit Undue, Distinctiveness
Intellectual Property European Union Law EU Trade Mark Opposition Figurative Marks Reputation Likelihood of Association Proof of Evidence Profit Undue +1 more

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Parties

Itinerant Show Room Srl

Applicant

Office de l’Union européenne pour la propriété intellectuelle (EUIPO)

Respondent

Save the Duck SpA

Intervenor

Procedural Posture

EU Trade Mark Opposition Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From EUIPO Board of Appeal

  1. 1 Admissibility of evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal
  2. 2 Violation of Article 8(5) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 (reputation and undue profit)
  3. 3 Violation of Article 8(1)(b) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 (likelihood of confusion)

Ratio Decidendi

The Board of Appeal correctly found the evidence submitted late inadmissible, established sufficient visual and conceptual similarity between the marks, confirmed the reputation of the earlier mark in Italy for padded jackets, and determined a risk of undue profit from the association, justifying refusal of registration under Article 8(5) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001. The applicant's arguments were unfounded and the appeal must be rejected.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed

Orders

  • The appeal is rejected.
  • Itinerant Show Room Srl is ordered to pay its own costs and those incurred by EUIPO and Save the Duck SpA.