Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-29
000115421
Contested design: 006708723-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 006708723-0005 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
Puma SEvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
PUMA Way 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Fujian Daocheng Electronic Commerce Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Area A, 4/f, Block G, Hongqi Group, Chongrong St., Fujian Quanzhou, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
earlier figurative trade mark (Formstrip)
EUTM No 8 461 469 · EUIPO eSearch online database · disclosed 2009-07-30
earlier figurative trade mark (Formstrip)
EUTM No 12 697 066 · EUIPO eSearch online database
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) CDR based on earlier PUMA Formstrip EUTMs, arguing similarity of signs, identical goods, and likelihood of confusion.
- ›The applicant also claimed at least a likelihood of association and submitted trade mark database extracts, distinctiveness materials, and infringement decisions.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity claims undefended.
- ›The Division found the shoe design used a sign highly similar to TM 1 for identical goods, creating a likelihood of confusion under the applicable trade mark standards.
- ›The application was upheld in full, so the contested design was invalidated without examining the second earlier mark further.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
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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