Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-08
000116713
Contested design: 006734612-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006734612-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
OFF-WHITE LLCvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
360 Hamilton Ave., #100, White Plains New York 10601, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Ya Shi Ge Luggage Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 211, 2nd Floor, Building 1, Huayou Industrial Zone, Fukang Community, Longhua Street, Shenzhen 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Marcella Clarke
Prior art cited (2)
word mark 'OFF-WHITE'
EUTM No 12 450 466 · EUIPO Office database · disclosed 2013-12-20
word mark 'OFF'
EUTM No 17 237 645 · EUIPO Office database · disclosed 2017-09-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) CDR, arguing that the backpack design used its earlier EUTMs 'OFF-WHITE' and 'OFF' for identical Class 18 goods.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the combined design views clearly used the sign 'OFF-WHITE' on the bag, creating a likelihood of confusion with the earlier EUTM for identical goods.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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