Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-22
000115383
Contested design: 008438477-0003
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 0084384770003 is declared invalid. 3. 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 (4)
earlier bottle of an alcoholic beverage sold by the applicant
images of the bottle and sales invoices
earlier trademark representing a bottle label
TMview search portal
earlier trademark representing a bottle label
TMview search portal
0.2L beverage bottle shown in a METRO Romania product catalogue
https://issuu.com/proomo-romania/docs/mcc_romania_mp24_oferte_alimentare · issuu.com / METRO Romania · disclosed 2012-11-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on an earlier beverage bottle, two earlier trademarks for labels, and METRO Romania catalogue disclosures published online.
- ›The holder argued the application lacked legal basis, the applicant did not own the trademarks invoked, and the compared subject matter differed because the marks covered only labels.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the 0.2L bottle from the 2012 METRO Romania catalogue on issuu.com and found the informed user would perceive the bottle shapes and labels as highly similar overall.
- ›Because the similarities outweighed the minor label differences, the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the application was upheld and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
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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