Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-11
000118720
Contested design: 008706162-0008
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008706162-0008 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
S. Tous, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Carretera de Vic, El Guix, 3, 08243 Manresa (Barcelona), Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Van Phuong Tranvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Legionów 10B, 05-552 Mroków, Poland
Represented by
Maciej Bocheński
Prior art cited (2)
figurative teddy bear mark
EUTM No 14 654 289 · EUIPO eSearch database · disclosed 2015-10-07
figurative teddy bear mark
EUTM No 8 127 144 · EUIPO eSearch database
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Articles 25(1)(b), 25(1)(d) and 25(1)(e) CDR, arguing the contested logo used its reputed TOUS bear mark and unfairly exploited its reputation.
- ›The holder argued the contested design differed from the applicant's marks and that most evidence related to the TOUS word mark rather than the invoked figurative marks.
- ›The Division found EUTM No 14 654 289 had reputation at least in Spain for jewellery, the bear signs were sufficiently similar, and consumers would establish a link for identical goods.
- ›Use of the contested sign without due cause would take unfair advantage of the earlier mark's repute, so the application was upheld and the other invalidity grounds were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
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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