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, LLCvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
1411 Broadway, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10018 Stati Uniti
Holder · RCD owner
Daniel Terrellvia PDF extraction
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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