Invalidity · first instance · 2019-05-21
000104279
Contested design: 001846759-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 001846759-0001 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
HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc.
United States (US)
550 S. Winchester Blvd, Suite 515, 95128, San Jose California, United States of America
Represented by
Vilija Viesunaite
Holder · RCD owner
Knoxed Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
15 Stationfield Industrial Estate, OX5 1JD, Kidlingthon, Oxforshire, United Kingdom
Represented by
Salash Motiani
Prior art cited (2)
word mark 'HDMI'
EUTM No 2 790 970 · disclosed 2004-10-22
figurative mark
EUTM No 2 859 122 · disclosed 2004-11-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) CDR, arguing the contested connector design made unauthorised use of its earlier HDMI trade marks.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the goods identical and the contested design highly similar to the earlier figurative EUTM because it reproduced the distinctive HDMI element in the same stylisation.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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