Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-17
000104520
Contested design: 004662815-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders 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 004662815-0001 is declared invalid. The holders bear the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ital Food EADvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Trakiyska Str. No. 10 9700 Shumen, Bulgaria
Represented by
Kostadin Manev
Holder · RCD owner
НЮ БЕЙКЪРИvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
ул. “Индустриална” № 13, 9700 Шумен, Bulgaria
Represented by
Tsonka Ivanova Taushanova
Prior art cited (1)
slice-of-bread representation registered, inter alia, for crackers
Bulgarian national trade mark No 90960 · Bulgarian Patent Office official bulletin · disclosed 2015-05-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on an earlier Bulgarian trade mark disclosure and argued the contested bread-slice design lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holders said the large air holes created a distinctive porous texture, common oval shape and colour reduced similarity, and the prior art field was saturated.
- ›The Division accepted the Bulgarian bulletin publication as prior disclosure and treated bubble formation as largely constrained by the baking process.
- ›Given the designer’s broad overall freedom and the shared oval form, crust, width, holes, and distinctive crust indentation, both designs created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was invalidated for lack of individual character, and the holders were ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
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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