Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-03
000118039
Contested design: 008818637-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0088186370007 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Liviu Chertesvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Sat Feleacu (Com. Feleacu), Cluj-Napoca, Jud. Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Label Print SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
B-dul Banu Manta, Nr.21, Bl.35, Sc.B, Et.5, Ap.70, Sector 1, Bucuresti, Romania
Represented by
Elena Grecu
Prior art cited (1)
set of seven food-product labels
RCD No 0063496270001 · EUIPO Register · disclosed 2019-04-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Articles 25(1)(b) and 25(1)(d) CDR, relying on its earlier RCD for a set of weekday food labels and arguing the contested Sunday label lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder argued Article 25(1)(d) was unavailable because the earlier design had been published before the contested filing date, and said the Article 25(1)(b) case relied on an artificial dissection of the prior design.
- ›The Division exercised discretion to admit the applicant's late reasoning, but found Article 25(1)(d) inapplicable and held the contested tag was neither identical to nor creating the same overall impression as the earlier design.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's representation costs fixed at EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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