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Boards of Appeal 2006 – examples of case law

Boards of Appeal 2006 – examples of case law. Alexandra Poch – HoS, DASS, Boards of Appeal (OHIM) Liaison Meeting – Alicante, 15 June 2007. The Boards of Appeal. Statistics 2006. Appeals filed in 2006: 1659 ex-parte: 591 inter partes: 1068 Appeals closed in 2006: 1675 ex-parte: 657

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Boards of Appeal 2006 – examples of case law

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  1. Boards of Appeal 2006 – examples of case law Alexandra Poch – HoS, DASS, Boards of Appeal (OHIM) Liaison Meeting – Alicante, 15 June 2007

  2. The Boards of Appeal

  3. Statistics 2006 • Appeals filed in 2006: 1659 • ex-parte: 591 • inter partes: 1068 • Appeals closed in 2006: 1675 • ex-parte: 657 • inter partes: 1000 • Languages: EN: 61.48%, DE: 19.95%, ES: 8.86%, FR: 6.75%, IT: 1.21%, Other: 1.75%

  4. Overview • Decisions of the Grand Board • Restriction of goods and services • Absolute grounds for refusal • examples: Misspellings, shape of product, public policy/morality • Relative grounds for refusal • examples: Earlier mark included in CTMA • Designs

  5. Decisions of the Grand Board • R 495/2005-G of 6 July 2006 (SCREW YOU) • Article 7(1)(f) CTMR • R 856/2004-G of 10 July 2006 (3D Shape of Lego Brick) • Article 51, Article 7(1)(e) CTMR • R 331/2006-G of 27 September 2006 (OPTIMA) • Article 44(1) CTMR

  6. Restriction of goods & services • Express and unconditional • R 751/2006-2 of 20 September 2006 (VASCULAR WRAP); • R 162/2005-1 of 17 January 2006 (SOLUTION/BI-SOLUTION BS) • “Negative restrictions” – limiting goods and services in so far as they do not possess a particular characteristic • R 746/2005-4 of 31 March 2006 (TIKKA TIKKA) • Other restrictions, e.g. way the goods are sold • R 556/2005-1 of 3 February 2006 (ZELOXZAR/ZELDOX)

  7. Absolute grounds for refusal (1) • Article 7(1)(b),(c) CTMR: Misspellings • R 352/2005-4 of 7 March 2006 (FRESHHH) • R 374/2005-1 of 30 January 2006 (exsellent) • R 782/2006-1 of 22 November 2006 (XPERT)

  8. Absolute grounds for refusal (2) • Shape of product • Article 7(1)(b) CTMR: • R 724/2006-2 of 22 November 2006 (3D Pet Shelter) • Article 7(1)(e)(ii) CTMR: • R 856/2004-G of 10 July 2006 (3D Shape of Lego Brick); • R 1/2005-4 of 11 January 2006 (3D Hilti-Koffer)

  9. Absolute grounds for refusal (3) • Article 7(1)(f) CTMR: Public policy/morality • R 495/2005-G (SCREW YOU) • R 558/2006-2 (REVA) • R 356/2005-4 (Erotik Lounge)

  10. Relative grounds for refusal (1) • Earlier mark included in CTMA • Likelihood of confusion: • R 823/2005-4 of 9 October 2006 (SinnLeffers/Sinn) • R 268/2005-4 of 18 October 2006 (FOCUS Radio/Focus)

  11. Relative grounds for refusal (2) • Earlier mark included in CTMA • No likelihood of confusion: • R 94/2003-4 of 17 January 2006 (BIO KAIKU/BIO) • R 566/2002-2 of 11 May 2006 (VICTORIA VOGUE/Vogue)

  12. Designs • R 1001/2005-3 of 27 October 2006(METAL RAPPERS) • R 196/2006-3 of 22 November 2006(Underwater Motive Device) • R 216/2005-3 of 8 November 2006(CAFETERA)

  13. Further information Case-law of the Boards of Appeal http://oami.europa.eu/search/LegalDocs/la/en_BoA_index.cfm

  14. Information:  (+ 34) 965 139 764  (+ 34) 965 139 928  alexandra.poch@oami.europa.eu  Documentation and Support Service Boards of Appeal Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) Avenida de Europa, 4 E-03008 Alicante SPAIN

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