Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-02
000109601
Contested design: 003773068-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear 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 003773068-0001 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
Refan Bulgaria OODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Karlovsko shose, 52, Trud, Bulgaria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Fionna Cosmetics EOODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
7, Bulgaria Blvd., fl.7, app.7, 1408 Sofia, Bulgaria
Prior art cited (2)
three-dimensional rose-blossom shape
Bulgarian three-dimensional trade mark registration No 78008
three-dimensional rose-blossom shape
Bulgarian three-dimensional trade mark registration No 86121 · Bulgarian Patent Office Official Bulletin
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity based mainly on lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier Bulgarian 3D trademarks and also invoked an earlier-sign ground.
- ›The holder denied identity and individual-character objections, argued flower-shaped soaps were common, and challenged proof of the national-law basis for the earlier-sign claim.
- ›The Division found no disclosure evidence for TM1 but accepted TM2 as disclosed, treated designer freedom for soap or candle shapes as virtually unlimited, and held both designs created the same overall impression of a rose.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4 and 6 CDR, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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