Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-10
000010546
Contested design: 003178136-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003178136-0001 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
Emini Workwear
Romania (RO)
fără, nr.69, Tormac, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Cristian Petrovicivia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Strada Nicolae Grivu B, nr 140, SC A, ap 13 Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
Represented by
Bogdan Alecu
Prior art cited (4)
Logo appearing on invoice issued by the applicant to Auchan Romania.
Applicant invoice to Auchan Romania · disclosed 2014-04-15
Logo appearing on invoice issued by the applicant to Auchan Romania.
Applicant invoice to Auchan Romania · disclosed 2014-11-12
Logo appearing on invoice issued by the applicant to SMITHFIELD PROD S.R.L.
Applicant invoice to SMITHFIELD PROD S.R.L. · disclosed 2014-06-06
Figurative mark corresponding to the contested logo, registered in the RCD holder's name.
Romanian trade mark registration No M 201 501 092 · Romanian trade mark register · disclosed 2015-10-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on a logo allegedly disclosed in 2014, and also invoked bad faith and copyright.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division held that bad faith and reliance on an unregistered Community design were inadmissible grounds under Article 25(1) CDR.
- ›The invoices and trademark registration were excluded or insufficient to prove prior disclosure of a qualifying earlier design under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The applicant failed to prove entitlement to a copyright capable of prohibiting use of the contested design, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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