Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-05
000109621
Contested design: 006369104-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0063691040001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Karolina, d.o.o.via PDF extraction
HR
Vukovarska cesta 209/a, Osijek 31000, Croatia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ital Food EADvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Trakiyska Str. No. 10, 9700 Shumen, Bulgaria
Represented by
Ralitsa Venelinova Dimova
Prior art cited (1)
earlier Croatian word mark 'MOTO' for Class 30 goods
Croatian word mark No Z20031164 · Croatian State Intellectual Property Office website · disclosed 2003-08-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character and, independently, for conflict with its earlier Croatian word mark MOTO.
- ›The applicant submitted a Croatian IPO website extract showing earlier trade mark registration No Z20031164 for Class 30 goods predating the contested RCD.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the packaging design used a highly similar sign, the goods were similar, and Croatian consumers would likely be confused.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(e) CDR, the RCD was declared invalid, and the remaining grounds were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
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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