Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-18
000116990
Contested design: 008613012-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008613012-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Bratia Pepech OODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
1, Sedma street, 7658 Poryono, Bulgaria
Represented by
Ruxandra Raluca Ardeleanu
Holder · RCD owner
Velikov & CO OODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Han Krum Str., No.7, 7060 Slivo pole, Bulgaria
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
figurative packaging design used for sunflower seeds
Romanian trade mark registration No 127 209 · TMview and public use in Romania
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested packaging design lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier packaging design embodied in a Romanian figurative trade mark and used in trade.
- ›The holder argued the applicant had not proven public disclosure of the alleged prior design or properly substantiated the individual-character claim.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the prior design based on the Romanian trade mark registration context and snapshots showing public use before the contested design's filing date.
- ›Given the wide design freedom for food packaging bags, the common layout, colours, and football-themed presentation created the same overall impression, so the application was upheld.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
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| 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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