Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-10
000010806
Contested design: 003993591-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid; the holder must bear 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 003993591-0001 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
Grand Tobacco Armenian Canadian JV LLC
AM
Shahamiryanner str. 22, 0061 Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Khairat Al-Manafie Companyvia PDF extraction
LB
Zuqaq al-Balat Ahmed tabarra street, 117439 Beirut, Lebanese Republic
Represented by
Bogdan Alecu
Prior art cited (2)
graphic design for Akhtamar cigarette label
http://grandtabak.com:80/brands.php · Internet Archive · disclosed 2016-11-20
graphic design for Akhtamar cigarette label
www.facebook.com/akhtamarcigarettes/ · Facebook · disclosed 2015-03-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty based on earlier Akhtamar label disclosures and also invoked an earlier Hungarian figurative trade mark.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive and Facebook evidence as reliable prior disclosures before 10/05/2017 and found the compared designs identical apart from immaterial colour-shade differences.
- ›The RCD lacked novelty under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4 and 5 CDR, so the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberPierluigi M. VILLANI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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