Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-16
000010798
Contested design: 003789270-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 350 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0037892700001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Allergan Holdings France SASvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Tour CBX, 1 passerelle de Reflets, 92400 Courbevoie, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ryan Murad LTD.via PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
No. 47 'Cherni Vrah' blvd., 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Dimitar Todorov
Prior art cited (5)
JUVEDERM ULTRA word mark
EUTM No 6 295 638 · EUIPO EUTM Register
trade mark subsisting in the word JUVEDERM
EUTM No 2 196 822
trade mark subsisting in the word JUVEDERM
EUTM No 5 807 169
trade mark subsisting in the word JUVEDERM
French trade mark No 3 061 345 · France
trade mark subsisting in the word JUVEDERM
WO No 810 018 · WIPO
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity because the contested logo used its earlier JUVEDERM trade marks, especially EUTM No 6 295 638, giving rise to a right to prohibit use under Article 25(1)(e) CDR.
- ›Holder argued the design used 'JUVEDERM CosMedics', not the earlier mark, the relevant goods were different, and invalidation would improperly affect its company-name use.
- ›The Division found the invoked EUTM valid, treated the logo as usable for the same goods, and held that the shared element 'JUVEDERM' created sufficient similarity despite weak differing elements.
- ›The application succeeded under Article 25(1)(e) CDR; the contested design was declared invalid and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 350 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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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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