Invalidity · first instance · 2019-03-26
000011069
Contested design: 004495281-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004495281-0007 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Allergan Holdings France SAS
France (FR)
12, Place de la Defense, 92400 Courbevoie, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
JUVEDERM Elite Clinics S.A.R.L.via PDF extraction
LB
Corniche Mazraa — Lebanon Gulf bank — 4th Floor, Beirut, Lebanon
Represented by
Krasimira Kadieva
Prior art cited (1)
logos; graphic symbols and logos, surface patterns, ornamentation
RCD No 002689687-0001 · Office designs bulletin · disclosed 2015-05-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on the holder's earlier RCD No 002689687-0001 and also invoking other grounds.
- ›The holder argued the informed user was attentive, minor differences sufficed given limited design freedom, and requested a stay because related trade mark and invalidity proceedings were pending.
- ›The Invalidity Division refused a stay, found the earlier RCD properly disclosed through publication, and held logo designers enjoy broad freedom so small additions do not materially alter overall impression.
- ›The Division found the contested sign's added rectangular 'ELITE CLINICS' element secondary to the identical elliptical 'JUVEDERM' logo, so the contested RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberÁlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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