{"id":9985,"date":"2020-09-25T22:23:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T20:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agilit.law\/?p=9985"},"modified":"2021-05-03T11:35:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T09:35:25","slug":"un-brin-dherbe-devant-la-cour-de-justice-precisions-sur-la-portee-de-la-description-cjue-23-septembre-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agilit.law\/en\/propriete-intellectuelle\/un-brin-dherbe-devant-la-cour-de-justice-precisions-sur-la-portee-de-la-description-cjue-23-septembre-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Un brin d\u2019herbe devant le Tribunal : pr\u00e9cisions sur la port\u00e9e de la description (TUE, 23 septembre 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le titulaire d\u2019une marque fran\u00e7aise de vodka a form\u00e9\u00a0opposition contre une demande de marque de l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agilit.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Image-vodka.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.agilit.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Image-vodka.png\" alt=\"Image vodka\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019opposition a \u00e9t\u00e9 rejet\u00e9e notamment car les \u00e9l\u00e9ments de preuve fournis \u00e9taient insuffisants pour \u00e9tablir l\u2019usage s\u00e9rieux de la marque fran\u00e7aise tridimensionnelle ant\u00e9rieure. La chambre de recours a \u00e9galement rejet\u00e9 le recours.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019arr\u00eat est important en ce qu\u2019il permet de pr\u00e9ciser l\u2019incidence de la description r\u00e9alis\u00e9e par le titulaire lors du d\u00e9p\u00f4t de la demande (description qui est facultative).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ici, le d\u00e9p\u00f4t de la marque 3D fran\u00e7aise ant\u00e9rieure \u00e9tait accompagn\u00e9 de la description suivante\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0\u00a0<em>La marque se compose d\u2019une bouteille telle que repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e ci-dessus, \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de laquelle un brin d\u2019herbe est plac\u00e9 en position quasi diagonale dans le corps de la bouteille<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb. Or, \u00e0 la seule observation visuelle du signe, il est loin d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e9vident qu\u2019il s\u2019agisse d\u2019un brin d\u2019herbe \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de la bouteille.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Le Tribunal apporte d\u2019utiles pr\u00e9cisions sur le r\u00f4le de cette description.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>En droit, il pr\u00e9cise que \u00ab la repr\u00e9sentation de la marque, qui doit \u00eatre claire et pr\u00e9cise, d\u00e9finit l\u2019objet de la protection conf\u00e9r\u00e9e par l\u2019enregistrement. En outre, la description, qui peut \u00e9ventuellement accompagner la repr\u00e9sentation, doit concorder avec celle-ci, telle qu\u2019enregistr\u00e9e, et ne saurait \u00e9tendre le champ d\u2019application de la marque ainsi d\u00e9fini. Cette exigence de concordance d\u2019une \u00e9ventuelle description avec la repr\u00e9sentation est donc un corollaire de l\u2019exigence de clart\u00e9 et de pr\u00e9cision de la repr\u00e9sentation qui d\u00e9finit l\u2019objet de la protection. \u00bb. En r\u00e9sum\u00e9, la description ne saurait \u00e9largir la port\u00e9e de la protection du signe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>De plus, le Tribunal rappelle le principe de non-protection des id\u00e9es appliqu\u00e9 au droit des marques : \u00ab la r\u00e9glementation sur les marques ne permet pas la protection d\u2019un concept ou d\u2019une id\u00e9e, mais uniquement d\u2019une expression concr\u00e8te d\u2019un concept ou d\u2019une id\u00e9e, telle qu\u2019incorpor\u00e9e dans le signe et d\u00e9finie par la repr\u00e9sentation dudit signe. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>En l\u2019esp\u00e8ce, le Tribunal approuve l\u2019objet de la protection de la marque ant\u00e9rieure par la chambre de recours, \u00e0 savoir que la marque ant\u00e9rieure vise uniquement \u00ab <em>une bouteille de forme commune sur laquelle appara\u00eet une ligne droite qui part en diagonale du c\u00f4t\u00e9 gauche de la bouteille, d\u00e9marrant juste sous le goulot, vers le bord inf\u00e9rieur de la bouteille\u00a0\u00bb, mais non, comme l\u2019all\u00e8gue la requ\u00e9rante, un brin d\u2019herbe.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Le Tribunal note que la marque ant\u00e9rieure ne permet pas de consid\u00e9rer qu\u2019un brin d\u2019herbe serait contenu dans la bouteille : \u00ab que seule une repr\u00e9sentation plus r\u00e9aliste du brin d\u2019herbe, ou la v\u00e9ritable image d\u2019un brin d\u2019herbe plac\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur d\u2019une bouteille, aurait pu d\u00e9terminer clairement et pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment la pr\u00e9sence d\u2019un brin d\u2019herbe dans cette marque, ce qui, par ailleurs, aurait pu \u00eatre confirm\u00e9 par la description de celle-ci, qui aurait alors concord\u00e9 avec la repr\u00e9sentation \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>En conclusion, il faut \u00eatre attentif \u00e0 la r\u00e9daction de la description qui doit \u00eatre conforme \u00e0 la repr\u00e9sentation du signe. Cependant, la description ne peut pas servir \u00e0 \u00e9largir la port\u00e9e du signe tel que d\u00e9pos\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le titulaire d\u2019une marque fran\u00e7aise de vodka a form\u00e9\u00a0opposition contre une demande de marque de l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne: &nbsp; &nbsp; L\u2019opposition a \u00e9t\u00e9 rejet\u00e9e notamment car les \u00e9l\u00e9ments de preuve fournis \u00e9taient insuffisants pour \u00e9tablir l\u2019usage s\u00e9rieux de la marque fran\u00e7aise tridimensionnelle ant\u00e9rieure. La chambre de recours a \u00e9galement rejet\u00e9 le recours. 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