Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2018-10-30
R1332/2018-3
Contested design: 002343244-0002
Outcome
The appeal is upheld; the contested RCD No 2 343 244-0002 is declared invalid; the design holder is ordered to bear the invalidity applicant's costs fixed at EUR 2 050.
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1. Upholds the appeal; 2. Orders that the design holder bears the costs incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings; 3. Fixes the costs to be reimbursed by the design holder to the invalidity applicant for the invalidity and appeal proceedings at EUR 2 050.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €2,050
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SOLEN CIKOLATA GIDA SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETIvia PDF extraction
Türkiye (TR)
4. Organize Sanayi Bölgesi, 83412 nolu Cadde No:4 Sehitkamil, Gaziantep, Turkey
Represented by
Teodora Valentinova Tsenova-Petrova
Holder · RCD owner
Elka Zaharievavia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
"Rodopi" str. N8, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Represented by
Atanas Kostov
Prior art cited (1)
cocoa, cakes, chocolates, chocolate creams, cakes with cocoa milk, chocolate cream (Class 30); OZMO cornet word/figurative mark
International Registration No 1 148 957 · WIPO/International Register · disclosed 2012-07-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Invalidity applicant (appellant) sought invalidation of the box-packaging RCD under Article 25(1)(e) CDR based on earlier International Registration No 1 148 957 (OZMO cornet mark, Bulgaria); the Invalidity Division and first Board decision dismissed the application finding no likelihood of confusion.
- ›The design holder defended, arguing the relevant public was professional confectionery consumers only and that the signs were visually and aurally dissimilar, sharing only the non-distinctive element 'cornet'.
- ›The General Court (T-793/16) annulled the prior Board decision, finding the relevant public includes general consumers of ice cream, the goods are similar, and the signs are highly similar visually and phonetically with conceptual similarity for part of the public, leading to likelihood of confusion.
- ›The Board implemented the GC judgment pursuant to Article 61(6) CDR, found likelihood of confusion established, upheld the invalidity request in full, and awarded costs totalling EUR 2 050 to the invalidity applicant.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- MemberC. Rusconi
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarI. Romero Conrad
Decision files
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