Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-13
000105120
Contested design: 003438852-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 003438852-0002 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 foods
Romanian trade mark No 142 285 'KRAX' (fig.) · Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) register · disclosed 2014-09-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) CDR based on its earlier Romanian figurative mark KRAX, arguing that the sign CRAX on the contested snack-packaging design would create confusion for identical or highly similar goods.
- ›The holder argued that the contested packaging was dominated by other visual elements and the words ETi and Sticks, that KRAX and CRAX differed visually and conceptually, and that the earlier mark had reduced distinctiveness.
- ›The Division found the contested design uses the sign CRAX for snack packaging, the goods and products are at least similar, the earlier mark has normal inherent distinctiveness, and KRAX and CRAX are visually similar and aurally identical for Romanian consumers.
- ›It held that use of the sign in the contested design created a likelihood of confusion under the applicable Romanian trade mark law, so the invalidity application was upheld, the design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
Decision files
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| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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