Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-08-31
R1689/2021-3
Contested design: 008263115-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings incurred by the design holder.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the appellant to bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings incurred by the defendant.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Antonio Puig, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Plaza Europa, 46-48, 08902 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zou Chunliangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
BLDG21 2T-502, Yunshan County, Congyun Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (3)
perfume bottle / female torso bottle
International Design No 1 of Registration No DM/024377 · international design publication · disclosed 1993-01-29
bottle
Swedish design No 55 597 · Swedish design register · disclosed 1994-05-11
female bust perfume bottle sign
French 3D trade mark No 92 440 690 · French trade mark register · disclosed 1992-12-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant relied on earlier perfume-bottle designs and an earlier French three-dimensional trade mark, arguing that the contested female-bust bottle lacked individual character and created trade mark confusion.
- ›The design holder defended the contested design's more detailed and realistic appearance and denied any confusing use of the earlier sign.
- ›The Board found that the contested bottle still had individual character over the invoked designs and that the earlier trade mark and contested design were only similar to a low degree, which excluded any likelihood of confusion.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and costs were awarded against the invalidity applicant.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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