Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-17
000104119
Contested design: 001863739-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 001863739-0002 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 001863739-0002 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
Et Gilly Soy Distribution S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Cpt. Juverdeanu no. 85, Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania
Represented by
Paula Adriana Acsinte
Holder · RCD owner
Dzhihangir Ibryam
Bulgaria (BG)
‘Ilia Blaskov’ No. 1, 7500 Silistra, Bulgaria
Represented by
Mariana Iorgulescu
Prior art cited (1)
Romanian trade mark design for roasted seeds packaging
Romanian trade mark application No M 2010 05385 · Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trade Marks Official Gazette and database · disclosed 2010-07-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on Romanian trade mark application D1 published before the contested RCD.
- ›The holder argued the invalidity action was filed in bad faith, claimed the applicant had copied the holder's earlier designs, and maintained that the designs differ.
- ›The Division found D1 had been disclosed, but the contested design was not identical and produced a different overall impression because several visual differences were noticeable to the informed user.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Article 25(1)(b) CDR were not made out, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberGaile SAKALAITÉ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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