Invalidity · first instance · 2018-03-28
000010599
Contested design: 003030881-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003030881-0002 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hajdù Gabona Zrtvia PDF extraction
Hungary (HU)
Széchenyi u. 13, 4025 Debrecen, Hungary
Holder · RCD owner
DN Trade Group Ltd.
Bulgaria (BG)
109-A ‘Tsar Osvoboditel’ Road, Office 41, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
horse-herder graphic used on the applicant's flour packaging bags
sale and advertising of flour bags in Hungary and Romania
figurative mark showing a horse-herder and green-white-red ribbon for foodstuffs
Hungarian Trademark Registration No. 176859 · Hungary · disclosed 2002-07-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character and invoked earlier use of the horse-herder packaging motif, earlier trademarks, copyright, and the Hungarian flag.
- ›Holder disputed disclosure and argued the challenged packaging ornamentation created a different overall impression from the earlier signs.
- ›The Division assessed the case on Article 25(1)(b) CDR using prior design D3 and found the shared horse-herder silhouette and green-white-red ribbon dominated the overall impression.
- ›The contested RCD lacked individual character, so the application was upheld and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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