Matter
Calzados Nuevo Milenio S.L. v Ms [V] [S] (Paris Court of Appeal RG 21/15130)
French trademark proceedings involving Calzados Nuevo Milenio, INPI and Ms [V] [S] addressed an opposition to the [Y] JET mark and the absence of a likelihood of confusion.
Procedural record
- 29 April 2021France
29 April 2021France
Decision of the Director General of the INPI in opposition OPP20-3930/MBA dated 29 April 2021
- Decision summary
- The Director General of the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle rejected Calzados Nuevo Milenio S.L.'s opposition, filed on 14 October 2020, against the application for the French verbal mark [Y] JET filed by Ms [V] [S].
1 year, 4 months and 11 days later · 498 days
- 9 September 2022France
9 September 2022France
Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal in case RG 21/15130 dated 9 September 2022
Paris Court of Appeal, Pôle 5 - Chambre 2
- Citation
- Paris Court of Appeal, Pôle 5 - Chambre 2, judgment No. 121 dated 9 September 2022, RG 21/15130
- Decision summary
- The Paris Court of Appeal rejected Calzados Nuevo Milenio S.L.'s appeal against the INPI Director General's decision of 29 April 2021 in opposition OPP20-3930/MBA. It held that the earlier [Y] mark and the applied-for [Y] JET mark did not create a likelihood of confusion or association despite the identity or similarity of some products, and declined to award costs under Article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure.
Participants
Calzados Nuevo Milenio S.L.
- Representative
- Claire De Chassey (For: Calzados Nuevo Milenio S.L.)
- Representative
- Lucie Quemere (For: Calzados Nuevo Milenio S.L.)
- Representative
- AARPI TWELVE (For: Calzados Nuevo Milenio S.L.)
Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle
- Representative
- Caroline Le Peltier (For: Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle)
Ms [V] [S]
Public Prosecutor's Office
Paris Court of Appeal, Pôle 5 - Chambre 2
- Judge
- Agnès Marcade
- Judge
- Ms [O] [L]
- Judge
- Laurence Lehmann
- Judge
- Déborah Bohee
- Advocate General
- Monica D'Onofrio
Other
- Institutional administrator
- Carole Trejaut