거절결정(상)
1. The decision made by the Intellectual Property Tribunal on October 28, 2016 by the Intellectual Property Tribunal on the case shall be revoked.
2. The total cost of the lawsuit.
1. Basic facts
(a) The number of the application for the trademark in this case (1)/ the filing date: The mark on July 11, 2014, No. 40-2014-46842//Sgd. 46842/ 2014: The designated goods under subparagraph (3): the clothes, othing, ootwear, magwear, magar, which are classified by the category of goods;
나. 선등록상표 (1) 출원일/ 등록일/ 갱신등록일/ 등록번호 : 1988. 5. 27./ 1989. 9. 12./ 2009. 3. 23./ 제178897호 (2) 표장 : (3) 지정상품 : 상품류 구분 제25류의 신사복, 반바지, 양복바지, 청바지, 스웨터, 양말, 모자, 혁대, 가죽신, 고무신, 샌달, 우화, 스커트, 슬랙스(Slacks), 아동복, 오버롤(Overall), 오버코트, 원피스, 유아복, 자켓, 잠바, 파카(Parkas), 수영모자, 수영복, 수영팬츠, 스웨트셔츠, 스웨트팬츠, 스포츠셔츠, 카디건, 파자마, 폴로셔츠, T셔츠, 목도리, 반다나(Bandana), 벙어리장갑, 타이츠(Tights), 나이트캡, 베레모, 의류용후두, 톱햇(Tophat), 야구모, 스키모 (4) 등록권리자: 마루다까 이료오 가부시끼가이샤
C. (1) On June 1, 2015, the examiner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office rendered a decision to refuse the registration of the applied trademark under Article 7(1)7 of the former Trademark Act (amended by Act No. 14033, Feb. 29, 2016; hereinafter the same) on the ground that “The trademark of this case is extremely similar to the pre-registered trademark and its title and concept, and thus, if the applied trademark of this case is used for goods identical or similar to the designated goods of the pre-registered trademark, it may cause confusion about the origin of the goods to ordinary consumers or traders.”
(2) On October 28, 2016, the Plaintiff filed a petition for an appeal against the decision of refusal with the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board (2015 Won3800). However, the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board, on the same ground as the above decision of refusal, deemed the trademark applied in the instant case to fall under Article 7(1)7 of the former Trademark Act and dismissed the Plaintiff’s appeal.