Invalidity · first instance · 2018-11-22
000008394
Contested design: 001809138-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community design No 0018091380001 is rejected.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità del disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0018091380001 è respinta.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Flamagas S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Metalúrgia 38-42, 08038 Barcellona, Spagna
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
MatMind S.r.l.
Italy (IT)
Via degli Olmetti 46, 00060 Formello, Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
three-dimensional mark 'CLIPPER' for lighters
EUTM application No 004758652 · EU Trade Marks Bulletin · disclosed 2006-12-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) CDR based on the earlier three-dimensional 'CLIPPER' EU trademark for lighters.
- ›After suspension ended, the applicant also argued lack of novelty and individual character; the holder replied those new grounds were inadmissible and the cancelled mark could no longer support invalidity.
- ›The Division held that grounds not pleaded in the original invalidity application were inadmissible and examined only Article 25(1)(e) CDR.
- ›Because the earlier EU trademark had been cancelled and no longer conferred a right to prohibit use, it could not support invalidity; the application was rejected and costs awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberJose Antonio GARRIDO OTAOLA
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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