Invalidity · first instance · 2018-10-24
000010793
Contested design: 003421619-0005
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003421619-0005 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se deniega la solicitud de declaración de nulidad del dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 003421619-0005. 2. Se condena al solicitante a que sufrague las costas del titular, fijadas en 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Distribuciones Quesos Latinos S.A.
Spain (ES)
calle Princesa nº 49, 1º derecha, 28008 Madrid, España
Represented by
Judith Ibañez Alonso
Holder · RCD owner
Quesos Campo Latino S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
calle Gran Vía nº 78, 28013 Madrid, España
Prior art cited (13)
Copy of the unfair competition complaint against the holder concerning earlier cheese labels
Madrid unfair competition complaint · disclosed 2015-07-30
Interim measures order concerning use of the labels
Audiencia Provincial de Madrid · disclosed 2016-07-08
Two images of labels with no indicated provenance
Image of JR Quesos Latinos cheese products and labels
Facebook · disclosed 2012-02-16
Image of JR Quesos Latinos cheese products and labels
Facebook · disclosed 2012-02-17
Image of JR Quesos Latinos cheese products and labels
Facebook · disclosed 2012-02-17
Image of JR Quesos Latinos cheese products and labels
Facebook · disclosed 2012-02-17
Image of a van associated with Jorge Enrique Rivera Zambrano
Facebook · disclosed 2014-05-09
Image of labels posted under the title 'Ciber Locutorio'
Facebook · disclosed 2015-12-03
Image of labels posted under the title 'La cabaña 5 continentes'
Facebook · disclosed 2015-12-03
YouTube video screenshot showing cheese packaging with a front label
YouTube · disclosed 2011-04-27
Judgment said to confirm the interim measures regarding the labels
Sentencia de ejecución nº 183/2017 · Juzgado de lo Mercantil nº 6 de Madrid · disclosed 2017-11-15
CD recording of the oral hearing where witnesses discussed earlier labels
Procedimiento Ordinario 705/2015 · Oral hearing recording · disclosed 2017-12-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cheese-label design copied earlier JR Quesos Latinos labels and lacked novelty and individual character, relying on litigation records, label images, Facebook screenshots, and a YouTube screenshot.
- ›The holder replied that the applicant had no earlier design rights, the court filings and interim measures were not conclusive proof, authorship belonged to the holder, and the differences preserved novelty and individual character.
- ›The Division found that none of D1 to D13 reliably proved prior disclosure under Article 7 because the internet extracts lacked verifiable source material or complete views and the court materials did not establish the earlier labels invoked.
- ›Because prior disclosure of an earlier design was not proven, the Article 25(1)(b) invalidity ground failed; the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
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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