Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-28
000105082
Contested design: 003447291-0005
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 0034472910005 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 and EU trade marks and alleged Polish copyright in Nalewka Babuni label designs.
- ›Holder argued the relied-on signs were not earlier or enforceable, relevant marks were unused or dissimilar, and the alleged copyright transfers and similarities were unproven.
- ›The Division found no likelihood of confusion with the only valid earlier Polish mark because similarities were limited to weak or secondary label elements and the signs were aurally and conceptually dissimilar.
- ›It also found the applicant failed to prove or enforce most alleged copyrights and that the substantiated cherry label copyright was not reproduced in the contested design; 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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