Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-30
000101682
Contested design: 004197507-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004197507-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Univers Agro Ltdvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
j.k. Borovo, bl. 214, fl. E, ap. 101, 1680 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Maria Nikolaeva Vladimirova
Holder · RCD owner
„Омнифак" Еоодvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
р-н Младост, ж.к. Малинова долина, 183-та No 16, 1797 София, Bulgaria
Represented by
Rumen Dontchev Darakev
Prior art cited (1)
AGATE word mark
European Union trade mark No 16440596 · EUIPO · disclosed 2017-03-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) and (g) CDR based on its earlier AGATE EUTM and alleged the holder filed the design in bad faith.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held the earlier EUTM had been cancelled, so it could no longer support invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) CDR.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(g) CDR was either inadmissible as a bad-faith claim or, in any event, unsubstantiated, so the application was rejected in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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