Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-22
000115382
Contested design: 008438477-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0084384770002 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Domain Menada EOODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Business Park Sofia 1, bl. 4, fl. 2, Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Deyan Vulchev Ivanov
Holder · RCD owner
Nuvo Konsept EOODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
бул. Ал.Дондуков № 57, вх. А, ет. 1, ап. 6, 1000 София, Bulgaria
Represented by
Atanas Kostov
Prior art cited (5)
bottle of an alcoholic beverage sold by the applicant
earlier trade mark label published before the filing of the contested design
TMview
earlier trade mark label published before the filing of the contested design
TMview
0.5L beverage bottle shown in the METRO Romania 'mp24' product catalogue
https://issuu.com/proomo-romania/docs/mcc_romania_mp24_oferte_alimentare · issuu.com / METRO Romania product catalogue · disclosed 2012-11-29
0.5L beverage bottle shown in the METRO Romania 'mp02' product catalogue
https://issuu.com/cataro/docs/mcc_romania_mp02_produse_alimentare · issuu.com / METRO Romania product catalogue · disclosed 2013-01-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on an earlier alcoholic-beverage bottle, two earlier trade marks, and METRO Romania catalogue disclosures published online before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the application lacked legal basis because the applicant did not own the invoked trade marks and because the compared subject matters were different, so the request should be rejected.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the ISSUU catalogue evidence as proof of prior disclosure and compared the contested bottle primarily with the 'mp24' catalogue bottle from the perspective of the informed user of bottled alcoholic beverages.
- ›It found the bottle shapes and the most eye-catching label elements highly similar, so the differences did not change the overall impression; the contested design therefore lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
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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