Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-03
000118060
Contested design: 008818637-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0088186370006 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 with coloured weekday headings
RCD No 0063496270001 · EUIPO RCD registration · disclosed 2019-04-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Articles 25(1)(b) and 25(1)(d) CDR based on earlier RCD No 0063496270001 and argued the contested weekday tag 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 denied identity or the same overall impression under Article 25(1)(b).
- ›The Division accepted the applicant's belated reasoning into the record but held Article 25(1)(d) inapplicable because the earlier RCD had already been published before the contested design was filed.
- ›On novelty and individual character, the Division assessed the contested tag as registered, refused to reconstruct undisclosed prior-tag variants, found clear differences in format, colours, layout and fonts, and rejected the application.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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