Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-19
000117913
Contested design: 008443527-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008443527-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Inter Cars S.A.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Powsińska 64, 02-903 Warszawa, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Euro Unelte Tradingvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Aleea Luncusoara nr 10 et 6 ap. 62, Bucuresti, Romania
Represented by
Bogdan Alecu
Prior art cited (1)
figurative mark containing the verbal element YAMATO and the expression JAPAN TOOLS
EU trade mark registration No 12 474 987 · EUIPO · disclosed 2014-01-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) CDR, arguing the contested logo design used its earlier EU trade mark YAMATO and created a likelihood of confusion.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier EUTM was valid and distinctive, the goods and services were identical, and the signs were visually, aurally, and conceptually similar enough to create confusion.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
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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