Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-08
000010527
Contested design: 002689687-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0026896870002 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
Dermavita Company ltdvia PDF extraction
LB
Corniche Mazraa, General Street, Al Jichy Building (Lebanon Gulf Bank) – 4th Floor, Beirut, Lebanon
Represented by
Dimitar Todorov
Prior art cited (1)
JUVEDERM ULTRA word mark
EUTM No 6 295 638 · EUIPO EUTM Register · disclosed 2008-08-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the contested logo used its earlier JUVEDERM ULTRA trade mark and created a likelihood of confusion under Article 25(1)(e) CDR.
- ›The holder argued the design used only JUVEDERM, the goods were dissimilar, it owned its own JUVEDERM mark, and the application was poorly structured.
- ›The Division treated the design goods and the earlier pharmaceutical goods as identical for this assessment and found the common JUVEDERM element dominant despite the stylisation and ULTRA difference.
- ›It concluded there was a likelihood of confusion, upheld the application on Article 25(1)(e), and declared the contested design invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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