Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-18
000111381
Contested design: 006978169-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0069781690002 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
Louis Vuitton Malletiervia PDF extraction
France (FR)
2 rue du Pont-Neuf, 75001 Paris, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Güven Muratvia PDF extraction
Türkiye (TR)
Selimiye Mah. Liman Cad. No:82 Side, Manavgat / Antalya, Turkey
Prior art cited (6)
Louis Vuitton 'Toile Damier' chequered pattern
French figurative trade mark No 3 577 761 · French trade mark register · disclosed 2008-07-04
Travel bag bearing the 'Toile Damier' pattern with the wording 'Louis Vuitton Paris'
Applicant exhibit 7 part D · Louis Vuitton catalogue
Examples from the 'Louis Vuitton collection cruise 2009' showing the 'Toile Damier' pattern
Applicant exhibit 7 part E · Louis Vuitton collection catalogue
Catalogue excerpts showing the 'Toile Damier' pattern on Louis Vuitton products
Applicant exhibit 6 part D · Louis Vuitton catalogue
Magazine examples showing the 'Toile Damier' pattern on Louis Vuitton goods
Vogue March and August 2008 · Vogue
Magazine example showing the 'Toile Damier' pattern on Louis Vuitton goods
Cote Magazine 2010 · Cote Magazine
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that the contested chequered pattern closely copied Louis Vuitton's longstanding 'Toile Damier' pattern, including the diagonal verbal element in recurring squares.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted the applicant's pre-filing catalog and magazine evidence as disclosing the prior pattern and found the coinciding chequered composition and repeated diagonal wording outweighed minor differences in the words and woven structure.
- ›The contested pattern produced the same overall impression as the earlier 'Toile Damier' pattern and was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- 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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