Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-10
000010612
Contested design: 003059641-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003059641-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Refan Bulgaria OODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Karlovsko shose, 52, Trud, Bulgaria
Holder · RCD owner
Fionna Cosmetics EOODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
7, Bulgaria Blvd., fl.7, app.7, 1408 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Vasil Pavlov Pavlov
Prior art cited (2)
3D flower blossom mark
Bulgarian trade mark No 0086121 · Bulgarian Patent Office bulletin/register
3D flower blossom mark
Bulgarian trade mark No 0078008 · Bulgarian Patent Office bulletin/register
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Articles 25(1)(b) and 25(1)(e), arguing the soap-bar design lacked novelty and individual character and used its earlier Bulgarian 3D flower trade marks; it also invoked Article 25(1)(a).
- ›Holder said the Article 25(1)(a), novelty, individual-character and trade mark claims were insufficiently reasoned, stressed visual differences, challenged the national-law basis, and requested proof of use for one earlier mark.
- ›The Division found the Article 25(1)(a) ground inadmissible, accepted the earlier trade marks as disclosed, but held the contested design was neither identical to nor produced the same overall impression as the earlier marks.
- ›It also found only low similarity and low distinctiveness for the earlier flower-blossom marks, no likelihood of confusion under Article 25(1)(e), and therefore rejected the application with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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