Skoda投資公司對異議部門之決定不服,2020年2月決定上訴到智慧財產局的救濟委員會(The Board of Appeal of the EUIPO)[6]。其認為,雖然Skoda汽車在黎巴嫩申請案中,只指定這幾個大類。但若實際看大類項下的小類別,則並沒有註冊每一個小類別。其與Skoda汽車在歐盟申請註冊的小類別並不相同[7]。
Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 on the European Union trade mark, Article 34(1)(“1. A person who has duly filed an application for a trade mark in or in respect of any State party to the Paris Convention or to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation, or his successors in title, shall enjoy, for the purpose of filing an EU trade mark application for the same trade mark in respect of goods or services which are identical with or contained within those for which the application has been filed, a right of priority during a period of six months from the date of filing of the first application.”).
T-712/20 - Škoda Investment v EUIPO - Škoda Auto, ECLI:EU:T:2021:700.
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Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 on the European Union trade mark, Article 34(1).