Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-16
000123376
Contested design: 015001357-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No. 015001357-0001 is declared invalid; the holders must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 015001357-0001 è dichiarato nullo. I titolari sopportano l’onere delle spese, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Spray Moret, LLC
United States (US)
1411 Broadway, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10018 Stati Uniti
Holder · RCD owner
Daniel Terrell
United Kingdom (GB)
Flat 13 1, Wapping High Street E1w1bh, London, Regno Unito
Prior art cited (1)
figurative mark ('bocca di squalo')
EUTM No 018342626 · EU Trade Marks Bulletin · disclosed 2021-05-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) CDR, arguing that the contested design used its earlier figurative EU trade mark without consent.
- ›The holders denied the claim, stressed differences between the design and the cited marks, and argued the 'shark mouth' mark was weak or invalid.
- ›The Division treated the pending Naples litigation as irrelevant and found the earlier EUTM valid, the goods identical, and the signs visually very similar and conceptually identical.
- ›The Division concluded there was a likelihood of confusion, so the applicant could prohibit use of the sign and the contested RCD was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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