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Rapporti (sostanziali e processuali) dell’EUIPO con le proprie commissioni di ricorso
2019
Nella sentenza in esame, per quanto riguarda la posizione processuale dell’EUIPO, il Tribunale ha dichiarato che l’Ufficio non può essere tenuto a difendere sistematicamente ogni decisione impugnata di una commissione di ricorso o a concludere necessariamente per il rigetto di qualsiasi ricorso rivolto contro una siffatta decisione. Nulla impedisce all’EUIPO di aderire ad una conclusione della ricorrente. La giurisprudenza ripropone, ancora una volta, il problema della natura delle commissioni di ricorso. In particolare se queste ultime possano essere semplicemente considerate come organi amministrativi, o come una forma di autorità ibrida o quasi giudiziaria. In the judgment, so far as the…
La revocabilità delle decisioni delle Commissioni di ricorso dell’EUIPO (tra continuità funzionale e funzione giustiziale)
2020
The Court clarifies the concept of ‘obvious procedural error’ for the purposes of the European Union trade mark regulation which should lead EUIPO to revoke its own decision. The EUIPO’s Board of Appeal’s decisions in inter partes proceedings are revocable under art. 80, para.1 of Regulation n.207/2009, in case of a clear procedural mistake committed by the above Boards of Appeal. Any infringement of the obligation to state reasons, such as a failure to state reasons or an inadequate statement of reasons, constitutes a procedural error for the purposes of art. 80 para. 1. The legal error of the Board does not invalidate the decision under appeal, if the decision’s is based on different lega…
Nella partita giocata a Lussemburgo un rapace tedesco batte il Milan
2021
In its judgment of 10 November 2021, the General Court confirms that the sign representing the crest of the football club AC Milan cannot be registered internationally as an EU trademark for stationery and office supplies. Indeed, not without some perplexity, the decision is based on the high degree of aural similarity, and average visual similarity of that sign with the earlier German word mark MILANO (or rather in use Milan), which taken as a whole, sufficient to conclude that there is a likelihood of confusion for the German public.
EUIPO Boards of Appeal in the Light of the Principle of Fair Trial
2022
The EUIPO’s Boards of Appeal are called upon to decide on appeals against decisions by the bodies of ‘first instance’. However, their judicial function has always been denied. Conversely, the essay tends to place the Boards of Appeal of the EUIPO in any case within the concept of ‘court’, as defined by the ECtHR, within the framework of Article 6 ECtHR, because it assesses their independence, impartiality, and in general the guarantees required by the ‘fair trial’, until concluding that it is a paradigmatic model in the overall administration and judicial system. EUIPO Boards of Appeal, European Court of Human Rights, Court of Justice of the Eurpean Union, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, …