Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-28
000111262
Contested design: 004558674-0001
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.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 004558674-0001 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
Hell Energy Magyarország Kft.via PDF extraction
Hungary (HU)
Andrássy út 126., 1062 Budapest, Hungary
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ksgran Events Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
68 King William Street, London EC4N 7DZ, United Kingdom
Represented by
Włodzimierz Januszkiewicz
Prior art cited (3)
energy drink can design depicted in CanMuseum and Facebook posts
CanMuseum.com and Facebook posts by Devil Energy · disclosed 2013-08-05
energy drink can design corresponding to the contested RCD
Facebook, Instagram and signs.pl · disclosed 2017-07-26
HELL ENERGY
EUTM No 014 749 253 · registration certificate
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier can designs and also invoked a conflicting HELL ENERGY trade mark.
- ›The holder challenged the reliability of the internet evidence, argued D1 created a different overall impression, and said D2 fell within the grace period.
- ›The Division accepted the internet evidence for D1, treated D2 as originating from the holder and excluded it under the grace period, and found broad designer freedom for can ornamentation.
- ›It held that D1 produced the same overall impression on the informed user, upheld invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) with Articles 4 and 6 CDR, and did not examine the remaining grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberBirgit CESSY FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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