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EUIPO BoA case-law reports
Class 46 readers may be interested to read the Boards of Appeal case-law research reports, which are available on EUIPO’s website here.
The reports result from discussions within the Consistency Circles and the General Consistency Meeting of the Boards of Appeal and reflect the views at the given date. They are working documents and should not be considered to have any binding effect on the Boards of Appeal.
All have been published since 2021.
There are eight reports on absolute grounds – the most recent of which covers “Descriptiveness of names of colours” – and 12 reports on relative grounds, with “The impact of animal depictions on the comparison of signs and the likelihood of confusion” being published in May this year.
There are also seven reports on designs, covering topics such as component parts of complex products, assessment of individual character, designer’s degree of freedom and the informed user.
Finally, there is one report under the heading “Procedure and Registry”, which covers res judicata.
Most of the reports are available in the five languages of EUIPO.
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