Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-31
000115423
Contested design: 007699301-0001
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 0076993010001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
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, Ltd.via PDF extraction
LB
Corniche Mazraa, General Street, Al Jichy Building, Lebanon Gulf Bank - 4th Floor, Beirut, Lebanon
Represented by
Dimitar Todorov, Silviya Todorova
Prior art cited (1)
JUVEDERM
EUTM No 2 196 822 · EUIPO EUTM Register
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity mainly because the contested logo design used its earlier JUVEDERM trade mark and created a likelihood of confusion under Article 25(1)(e) CDR.
- ›The holder argued the design's figurative element, colours, and additional word 'bio' made it distinctive from the earlier mark, and it had earlier requested suspension.
- ›The Division found the goods identical, JUVEDERM remained the most distinctive co-dominant element, 'bio' was non-distinctive, and the figurative element did not outweigh the verbal similarity.
- ›Applying Article 25(1)(e) CDR, the Division held that the applicant could prohibit use of the sign in the design because confusion was likely, so no other grounds needed examination.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
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