Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-25
000118639
Contested design: 008817514-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay 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 0088175140001 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
SC Ocean Fish SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
DN 2 KM 14, Com. Afumati Nr. 72, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
S.C. Negro 2000 SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
B-dul Metalurgiei, nr. 136, sector 4, Bucuresti, Romania
Represented by
Claudiu Feraru
Prior art cited (2)
food bags
RCD No 0085689350001 · disclosed 2021-06-10
figurative trade mark in the form of a food bag
EUTM No 18 358 300 (fig.) · EUIPO EUTM Register · disclosed 2021-06-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) and (e) CDR based on its earlier RCD for food bags and its earlier figurative EUTM for seafood packaging.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division held Article 25(1)(d) CDR could not apply because the earlier RCD had been published before, not after, the contested design’s filing date.
- ›For Article 25(1)(e) CDR, the Division found only a very low visual similarity and no likelihood of confusion given the clear verbal and figurative differences.
- ›The application was rejected in full and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder’s fixed representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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 ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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