Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-26
000101500
Contested design: 002649301-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002649301-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mostostal Spółka Akcyjnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Konwiktorska 4, 00-217 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Polimex-Mostostal S.A.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Al. Jana Pawła II 12, 00-124 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Sylwia Owczarek
Prior art cited (1)
Mostostal Siedlce S.A. logo used on corporate stationery and in an advertisement
letters to the Polish Chamber of Steel Construction and Tygodnik Siedlecki · disclosed 2000-03-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested logo lacked novelty and individual character because its key figurative and verbal elements had already been disclosed in earlier Mostostal Siedlce logo use and that the design also conflicted with its earlier trade mark rights.
- ›The holder replied that the cited marks were weak or generic, requested suspension because of trade-mark disputes, and argued the contested logo remained novel and individually distinctive due to colour and stylisation differences.
- ›The Division refused suspension, accepted the corporate correspondence as solid prior disclosure under Article 7, rejected the novelty attack, but found the shared figurative and verbal elements created the same overall impression given the designer's broad freedom.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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