Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-18
000116991
Contested design: 008613012-0002
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 008613012-0002 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 for sunflower seeds
Romanian trade mark registration No 127 208 · TMview / Romanian trade mark register · disclosed 2013-12-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on earlier packaging used in trade and protected as Romanian trade marks.
- ›The holder argued the applicant had not proved public disclosure of the earlier design or properly substantiated the individual-character claim.
- ›The Division found the earlier packaging design had been made available to the public before the filing date through trade mark registration and market use in Romania.
- ›Comparing the bag layouts, colours, football theme and seed background, the Division found the similarities dominant and held the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
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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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