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Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2026-04-07
R0975/2025-3
Contested design: 015084044-0003
CDRAppellant: applicant
Outcome
Appeal upheld (reversal)
The appeal is upheld, the contested decision is annulled, and the 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.
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 argued it had not marketed firearms in Russia since the conflict began, that the cited Russian websites were independent resellers, and that its Russian-language website served former Soviet markets including Ukraine.
- ›No opposing private party was involved; this was an ex parte appeal against the examiner's refusal of the EU design application under the Russia sanctions regime.
- ›The Board found that the examiner did not carry out an individualized assessment of the applicant's submitted evidence, including the Pesaro Urbino police communication and the 2022 annual accounts, and therefore failed to state adequate reasons.
- ›The appeal was upheld; the refusal decision was annulled and the case was remitted to the examiner for continuation of the registration process.
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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