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Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2026-04-07
R0974/2025-3
Contested design: 015058408-0002
CDRAppellant: applicantmedium-confidence extraction
Outcome
Appeal upheld (reversal)
The appeal is upheld; the contested decision is annulled; the case file is remitted to the examiner for continuation of the registration procedure.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. Il ricorso è accolto; 2. La decisione impugnata è annullata; 3. Il fascicolo è trasmesso all’esaminatore per la prosecuzione dell’iter di registrazione.
CostsNo costs order
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Benelli Armi S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Urbino (PU), Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
No opposing holder — Other appeal · Board of Appeal.
Legal grounds invoked
Article 2(1)Article 4(1)(a)Article 2a(2)(a)Article 62(1)Article 60(1)Article 60(2)
Argument summary
- ›The applicant appealed the refusal of its EU design application for rifles, arguing that registration is neither technical assistance nor another prohibited service under the Russia sanctions regime.
- ›It maintained that Russian reseller websites and a Russia-focused Instagram account were not operated by or linked to it, and that it had stopped sales to Russia after the conflict began.
- ›The Board found the examiner had not individually assessed key evidence submitted by the applicant, including police correspondence and the 2022 annual report said to show no sales to Russia.
- ›Because the refusal lacked an adequate statement of reasons, the Board annulled the decision and remitted the case to the examiner for further prosecution.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberC. Negro
- RegistrarK. Zajfert
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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