Invalidity · first instance · 2018-06-08
000010730
Contested design: 001055180-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 001055180-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Do-Do MM Kft.
Hungary (HU)
Izsáki út 12., 6200 Kiskőrös, Hungary
Holder · RCD owner
BEVERAGES Mark Limited
GI
Suite 5, 39 Irish Town, GX11 1AA, Gibraltar
Represented by
Stefan Cakoci
Prior art cited (4)
MAXX energy drink label allegedly distributed in Hungary, Slovakia and Romania between 2003 and 2011
declarations of Mr Kakuszi Csaba
MAXX label
Hungarian national trade mark No 182019 · Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
Rallye magazine extracts showing a car bearing the graphical element 'MaXX' on its front
Rallye magazine
MotorSport magazine extracts submitted to show use of the MAXX sign
issues No 85 to 123 · MotorSport magazine
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, and also alleged unauthorised use of its trade mark and copyright work.
- ›The holder argued the contested design was a free variation within a broader consumer image and said the applicant had had an opportunity to object earlier.
- ›The Division found the declarations, trade mark extract and magazine extracts insufficient to prove prior disclosure of the claimed label or prior rights capable of invalidating the RCD.
- ›The Rallye magazine showed only the word element 'MaXX', not the full contested label, so it did not undermine validity; the application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberLudmila ČELISOVA
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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