Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-05-26
R1553/2019-3
Contested design: 004422343-0012
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und des Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
S. TOUS, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Carretera de Vic, El Guix, 3, 08243 Manresa (Barcelona), Spanien
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
ZHEJIANG CHINA-BEST IMPORT & EXPORT CO.,LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
17th Floor, Maotai Century Building, 83 Zhonghe North Road, Hangzhou, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Yu Lin
Prior art cited (3)
stylised seated teddy-bear figurative mark
EU figurative mark No. 1755636 · EU Trade Mark Bulletin / EUIPO register · disclosed 2001-03-19
stylised teddy-bear figurative mark
EU figurative mark No. 8127128 · EUIPO register
Spanish design register extract without images
Spanish design No. 135127-A · Spanish design register extract
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant relied on TOUS teddy-bear figurative marks and a Spanish design, arguing the contested lamp lacked individual character and unfairly exploited the reputation of the TOUS bear signs.
- ›The holder asked for dismissal and supported the first-instance finding that the bear-shaped illuminated mirror lamp created a different overall impression and that any mark-based prohibition failed.
- ›The Board held that the lamp's mirror, lights and three-dimensional structure dominate its appearance, while the earlier rights are graphic bear depictions; the overall impressions are different.
- ›The Board also found the evidence insufficient to prove the concrete EU reputation of the specific figurative marks for the relevant goods, so Article 9(2)(c) EUTMR could not support invalidity; the appeal was dismissed.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberC. Bartos
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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