Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-26
000123277
Contested design: 008032437-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Registered Community design 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 008032437-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Sky Club Eoodvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Tipchenitsa village, 32-34 Ivan Yonchev Str., 3164 Mezdra municipality, Vratsa province, Bulgaria
Represented by
Milena Lyubenova Georgieva-Tabakova
Holder · RCD owner
Deyan Dyankov e.U.
Austria (AT)
Walter-Jurmann-Gasse 2C/3/56, 1230 Wien, Austria
Prior art cited (1)
figurative mark with the verbal element 'tochka'
Bulgarian trade mark registration No 106 307 · Official Bulletin of the Bulgarian Patent Office · disclosed 2019-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on an earlier Bulgarian figurative trade mark published before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but submitted no observations.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier Bulgarian trade mark as prior disclosure and found the informed user for logos would perceive only minor colour and circle differences.
- ›Given broad design freedom for logos, the contested design produced the same overall impression as the earlier design and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
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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