Invalidity · first instance · 2020-03-13
000107460
Contested design: 006147062-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 006147062-0001 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
Astor Distribution EOODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Kap. Evstati Vinarov, No.10; Ap.41; 7001 Ruse, Bulgaria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hajdú Gabona Zrt.
Hungary (HU)
Debrecen, Széchenyi u. 13., 4025, Hungary
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
graphic mark/logo showing a rider on a rearing horse with a tricoloured lasso and a grey banner
EUTM No 014836712 · EUIPO EUTM publication · disclosed 2016-01-25
national Hungarian trade mark relied on against the contested logo design
Hungarian trade mark No 176859
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on EUTM No 014836712 and Hungarian trade mark No 176859.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the Hungarian mark was not proven as disclosed, but treated the earlier EUTM as disclosed through its filing and publication record.
- ›Given the designer’s very broad freedom, the shared rider, lasso and banner features dominated, and the HAJDÚ word element and colour saturation differences did not alter the overall impression.
- ›The RCD lacked individual character under Article 6, so the application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBenjamin Van Bavel
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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