Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-27
000117412
Contested design: 008746234-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 008746234-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Domain Menada Eoodvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Business Park Sofia 1, bl.4, fl. 2, Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Deyan Vulchev Ivanov
Holder · RCD owner
"АЛКО ГРУП ГРА" ЕООД
Bulgaria (BG)
ж.к. Младост, ул. "Инж. Георги Белов" №2, 1000 София Bulgaria
Represented by
Rositsa Stoyanova
Prior art cited (1)
figurative label for bottles bearing the word UNIREA
EUTM application No 018288582 UNIREA · TMview / European Union Trade Marks Bulletin · disclosed 2020-09-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the bottle-label design lacked novelty or individual character over the earlier UNIREA figurative EUTM application published before the contested filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the contested label and the earlier mark shared the same shape and placement of the UNIREA word element, while color and minor figurative differences did not alter the overall impression.
- ›The application succeeded on lack of individual character, so the contested RCD was invalidated without examining the remaining invoked grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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