Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-28
000105059
Contested design: 003447291-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder’s fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0034472910001 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
Henkell Freixenet Polska Spółka z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Mazowiecka 48, 87100 Toruń, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Ami Honey Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Brazylijska 16B/2, 03946 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) and (f) CDR based on earlier Polish trade marks, an EUTM filing, and alleged Polish copyright in Nalewka Babuni label designs.
- ›Holder argued the EUTM was not earlier, some national rights were unsupported or unused, and the contested label differed from the relied-on trade marks and alleged copyright works.
- ›The Division found no likelihood of confusion with the only enforceable earlier trade mark because similarities were limited to non-distinctive or secondary label elements.
- ›The Division also found the applicant failed to prove or enforce most claimed copyright works and did not show unauthorised use of the substantiated cherry-label work in the contested design.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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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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