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Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2026-04-07
R0975/2025-3
Contested design: 015084044-0001
CDRAppellant: applicant
Outcome
Appeal upheld (reversal)
The appeal is upheld, the contested decision is annulled, and the case 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.
CostsNot specified
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 62(1)Article 60(1)Article 60(2)
Argument summary
- ›The applicant appealed the refusal of its EU design application for rifles, disputing any commercialisation in Russia and arguing the cited Russian websites were unaffiliated third-party sellers.
- ›It argued that contractual restrictions, police communication, and its 2022 management report showed no sales to Russia since the conflict began.
- ›The Board found the examiner failed to assess the applicant's evidence individually and therefore did not provide an adequate statement of reasons under Article 62(1).
- ›The contested decision was annulled and the file was remitted to the examiner for further prosecution of the registration procedure.
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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