Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-04
000118037
Contested design: 008818637-0001
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 0088186370001 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)
labels / tags
RCD No 0063496270001 · EUIPO register · disclosed 2019-04-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the contested tag design based on Article 25(1)(d) CDR, relying on his earlier RCD No 0063496270001 and alleging conflict with that design.
- ›The holder argued Article 25(1)(d) CDR was unavailable because the earlier design had already been published before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The Division exercised discretion to consider the applicant's late reasoning, but only for the originally pleaded ground under Article 25(1)(d), not for new Article 25(1)(b) claims filed late.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been made available to the public before the contested filing date, so Article 25(1)(d) did not apply and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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