Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-10
000117672
Contested design: 007745492-0001
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 0077454920001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Osotspa Public Company Limitedvia PDF extraction
TH
348 Ramkhamhaeng Road, Huamak, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240, Thailand
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yunnan Xiangkeng Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 1101, Unit 2, Building 8, Block A2, Jindun Junyuan, Chenggong District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
figurative mark with M-150 and the letter M inside a stylised six-pointed star
EUTM No 9 671 033 · EUIPO EUTM Register · disclosed 2011-01-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on earlier EUTM No 9 671 033 and argued that the sign used on the contested beverage bottle created a likelihood of confusion for similar goods.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division found the bottle and beverages similar through complementarity and held that the shared M-150 wording and stylised star made the signs visually, aurally and conceptually similar.
- ›Applying Article 25(1)(e) CDR, the Division found a likelihood of confusion and declared the contested design invalid without examining Article 25(1)(f).
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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