Invalidity · first instance · 2018-10-24
000010791
Contested design: 003421619-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested registered Community design No 003421619-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 003421619-0002. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
JR Quesos Latinos S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
calle Princesa nº 49, 1º derecha, 28008 Madrid, España
Represented by
Roberto Javier Portilla Arnáiz
Holder · RCD owner
Quesos Campo Latino S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
calle Gran Vía nº 78, 28013 Madrid, España
Prior art cited (6)
figurative trade mark for cheese products
Spanish trade mark No M 3546175 · Boletín de la Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas · disclosed 2015-07-14
word mark CALIDAD JR
Spanish trade mark No M 3088743 · Boletín de la Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas · disclosed 2013-12-16
figurative trade mark 'Quesos LATINOS S.L.' for cheese
Spanish trade mark No M 2728844 · Boletín de la Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas · disclosed 2007-06-16
various images of cheese labels
Facebook images of cheese products titled 'JR Quesos Latinos'
Facebook image of a van titled 'Jorge Enrique Rivera Zambrano'
Facebook · disclosed 2014-05-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cheese-label design was a crude modification of its earlier labels and also used its earlier Spanish trade marks, creating the same overall impression and a high likelihood of confusion.
- ›The holder argued the evidence and interim-measures materials should be disregarded, claimed authorship of the original labels, and said design freedom for dairy labels was reduced and terms like 'campesino' were common.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(e) CDR sufficient on its own, treated the applicant's earlier Spanish figurative mark No M 2728844 as valid, and held the contested label used the distinctive element 'LATINO(S)' for similar products.
- ›Given the similarity of the signs, the similar products, and the public's medium or low attention, consumers could believe the contested sign was commercially linked to the applicant, so the RCD was invalidated and costs awarded.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberÁlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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