Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-11
000010659
Contested design: 003405307-0001
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 003405307-0001 is declared invalid. The holders bear the applicant's costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Colian Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością
Poland (PL)
Zdrojowa 1, 62-860 Opatówek, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Arkadiusz Witczak
Poland (PL)
Florentyna 25, 62-817 Żelazków, Poland
Represented by
Jolanta Justyńska
Prior art cited (1)
word mark 'HELLENA' for aerated beverages
Polish trade mark registration No 76400 · Patent Office of Poland · disclosed 1994-02-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested logo design made unauthorised use of its earlier Polish word mark 'HELLENA' for aerated beverages and would create a likelihood of confusion.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and did not contest the applicant's trade mark evidence or confusion arguments.
- ›The Division found the applicant owned earlier Polish trade mark No 76400, logos can be used for beverages, and the weak fruit device did not outweigh the dominant identical word element 'HELLENA'.
- ›Because the signs were highly similar visually and conceptually and identical aurally, use of the RCD would create a likelihood of confusion; the application was upheld and costs awarded.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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