Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-13
000105139
Contested design: 003438852-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 003438852-0001 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 mark 'KRAX' for snack foods
Romanian trade mark No 142 285 · Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) · disclosed 2014-09-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) based on its earlier Romanian KRAX trade mark, arguing similarity of signs and snack-related goods created confusion.
- ›Holder denied confusing similarity, stressed the design’s additional figurative and verbal elements, and argued the earlier mark was weak and not reputed.
- ›The Division treated CRAX as the relevant sign in the design, found the goods at least similar, the signs visually similar and aurally identical, and the earlier mark normally distinctive.
- ›The application succeeded on likelihood of confusion under the earlier Romanian trade mark, so the contested design was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | 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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