Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-01
000110862
Contested design: 000757430-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 000757430-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SC Star Foods EM SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Drumul Taberei Baza de Producție SIAU Jud Ilfov, Comuna Popești Leordeni, Romania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Eti Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketivia PDF extraction
Türkiye (TR)
Organize Sanayi Bolgesi 11, Cadde Eskisehir, Türkiye
Represented by
Adrian Căvescu
Prior art cited (1)
figurative trade mark 'KRAX' for snack products
Romanian trade mark No 071 100 · Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) register · disclosed 2005-08-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant relied on earlier Romanian figurative mark KRAX and argued the contested snack-packaging design used the similar sign CRAX for identical or highly similar goods, creating confusion and unfair advantage.
- ›Holder sought suspension and argued the overall package differed, the goods were not similar, KRAX had weak distinctiveness, the evidence and translations were insufficient, and Article 25(1)(e) CDR did not apply.
- ›The Division found the applicant owned a valid earlier Romanian trade mark, the contested packaging was for snacks, the signs were visually averagely similar and aurally identical, and the goods/products were similar.
- ›It concluded that use of CRAX in the contested design created a likelihood of confusion under Romanian trade mark law, so the application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
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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