Invalidity · first instance · 2020-06-19
000107803
Contested design: 006477600-0005
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.
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The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 006477600-0005 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
Aquamix, S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Belani Nr.85, Jud. Covasna, Belani, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Comix system Termelő, Szolgáltató és Kereskedelmi Kft.
Hungary (HU)
Nagymágocs, Szántó Kovács János u. 4., 6622, Hungary
Represented by
Adelina Stanciu
Prior art cited (2)
Hungarian registered design for siphon heads
D1300020-0001 · DesignView · disclosed 2014-04-28
Romanian trade mark relied on as a prior distinctive sign
107353 · Romanian trade mark database
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over Hungarian design No D1300020-0001 and also relied on its Romanian trade mark No 107353.
- ›Holder argued designer freedom was limited, the contested design differed in its characteristic elements, and the applicant's three-dimensional trade mark claim was abusive and technically dictated.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the Hungarian design through DesignView and, for procedural economy, assessed invalidity on individual character.
- ›It found the designs shared the same dominant shape and configuration, while colour, the removable yellow element, relief details, and trade mark wording did not materially alter the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) with Articles 4 and 6 CDR, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
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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