Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-31
000010930
Contested design: 002430462-0009
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 350 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002430462-0009 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Outfit7 Limited
United Kingdom (GB)
1st Floor, Sackville House, 143-149 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 6BN, United Kingdom
Holder · RCD owner
SC Viking International SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Bulevardul Camil Ressu nr. 68, Bloc 1B, Sc. A, Et. 3, Ap. 11, Camera 2, 031762 Bucharest, Romania
Represented by
Simona Bărcus
Prior art cited (4)
RCD No 001827809-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2011-03-16
RCD No 001812173-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2011-02-07
TALKING TOM
EUTM No 10 227 536 · EUIPO · disclosed 2012-02-09
TALKING TOM figurative mark
EUTM No 10 503 662 · EUIPO · disclosed 2012-05-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, infringement of earlier design rights, infringement of earlier EUTM rights, and infringement of copyright works.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the applicant's earlier-rights case undefended.
- ›The Division assessed Article 25(1)(e) CDR and found the contested packaging design used the applicant's earlier TALKING TOM figurative EUTM for identical goods with a likelihood of confusion.
- ›The application succeeded on Article 25(1)(e) alone, so the Division declared the RCD invalid and did not examine the remaining grounds further.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGaile SAKALAITĖ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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