Invalidity · first instance · 2018-10-15
000010654
Contested design: 000002100-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, the request to maintain it in amended form is rejected, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0000021000001 è dichiarato nullo. La richiesta di mantenimento del DMC nel Registro in forma modificata è rigettata. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dal richiedente, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
4B Company S.r.l.
Italy (IT)
via Guido Rossa n. 1, 63833 Montegiorgio (Fermo), Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Deenz Holding LTDvia PDF extraction
AE
505 Empire Heights-Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
word mark 'PIANEGONDA'
EUTM No 001417625 · EUIPO · disclosed 2000-11-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) CDR, relying on the earlier EU word mark PIANEGONDA for identical jewellery goods and alleging confusion because the same sign appears on the design.
- ›Holder argued the word element on the design was not fully legible and requested maintenance in amended form by removing the small lower-right sign, claiming that removal would not affect novelty or individual character.
- ›The Division found the PIANEGONDA element clearly perceptible and not secondary, so deleting it would change the design's novelty and individual character; maintenance in amended form under Article 25(6) CDR was refused.
- ›For the Italian-speaking public, the signs were identical or highly similar for identical goods, the earlier mark had normal distinctiveness, and confusion existed; the application was therefore upheld in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJose Antonio GARRIDO OTAOLA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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