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Case T-416/21: Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2022 — Itinerant Show Room v EUIPO — Save the Duck (ITINERANT) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark ITINERANT — Earlier EU figurative mark representing a singing duck in a circle — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Similarity — Reputation — Link — Undue advantage — Lack of due cause — Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 — Document produced for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Inadmissibility)
Case T-416/21: Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2022 — Itinerant Show Room v EUIPO — Save the Duck (ITINERANT) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark ITINERANT — Earlier EU figurative mark representing a singing duck in a circle — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Similarity — Reputation — Link — Undue advantage — Lack of due cause — Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 — Document produced for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Inadmissibility)
Case T-416/21: Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2022 — Itinerant Show Room v EUIPO — Save the Duck (ITINERANT) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark ITINERANT — Earlier EU figurative mark representing a singing duck in a circle — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Similarity — Reputation — Link — Undue advantage — Lack of due cause — Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 — Document produced for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Inadmissibility)
OJ C 432, 14.11.2022, p. 23–24
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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14.11.2022 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 432/23 |
Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2022 — Itinerant Show Room v EUIPO — Save the Duck (ITINERANT)
(Case T-416/21) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark ITINERANT - Earlier EU figurative mark representing a singing duck in a circle - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Similarity - Reputation - Link - Undue advantage - Lack of due cause - Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Document produced for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Inadmissibility)
(2022/C 432/27)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Itinerant Show Room Srl (San Giorgio in Bosco, Italy) (represented by: E. Montelione, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Save the Duck SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented by: M. De Vietro, lawyer)
Re:
By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 6 May 2021 (Case R 997/2020-5), relating to opposition proceedings between the intervener and the applicant.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Itinerant Show Room Srl to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office and by Save the Duck SpA. |