Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-28
000105080
Contested design: 003447291-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0034472910003 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
Prior art cited (3)
figurative EUTM for a 'Nalewka Babuni' alcoholic-beverage label
EUTM No 15 722 143 · EUIPO trade mark register · disclosed 2016-11-15
figurative Polish trade mark 'Nalewka Babuni' for tincture and alcoholic beverages
Polish trade mark No 134215 · Polish Patent Office / TMview · disclosed 2002-01-24
figurative Polish trade mark for alcoholic-beverage labels
Polish trade mark No 148035 · Polish Patent Office / TMview · disclosed 2003-09-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested label used the shape, layout, colours and 'Nalewka' element of its earlier marks and copied copyright-protected 'Nalewka Babuni' labels under Polish law.
- ›The holder replied that the EUTM was not earlier, the national marks were unused and dissimilar, and the applicant had not proved ownership, priority or protectable originality of the invoked copyrights.
- ›The Division found only Polish mark No 134215 qualified as a valid earlier sign, but the shared elements were descriptive or commonplace and the remaining similarities created no likelihood of confusion.
- ›It also held the applicant failed to prove or delimit most copyright works and that the substantiated Dragon Rouge cherry label was not reproduced in protectable aspects, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
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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