Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-28
000123280
Contested design: 008352405-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 008352405-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hecta Viticol SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Sat Poșta Câlnău, camera 7, Clădire C9, jud. Buzău, Comuna Poșta Câlnău, Romania
Represented by
Elena Grecu
Holder · RCD owner
Emanuel-Corneliu Dobronăuțeanuvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Int. Bitolia nr.28, Bucuresti, Romania
Prior art cited (1)
Figurative Romanian trade mark featuring the verbal element "UNIREA" for alcoholic beverages (except beer)
Romanian trade mark registration No 109 325 (fig.) · OSIM / TMview · disclosed 2010-09-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants relied on earlier Romanian trade mark registration No 109 325 and argued the contested tag design reproduced its distinctive UNIREA sign for alcoholic beverages, creating a likelihood of confusion in Romania.
- ›They said tags for alcoholic beverages are at least similar, and effectively complementary, to alcoholic beverages in Class 33 because such goods are sold with labels or tags.
- ›The holder filed no observations. The Division found the design used the earlier sign, the goods were similar, the signs were visually, aurally and conceptually highly similar, and the earlier mark had normal distinctiveness.
- ›The Division held that Article 25(1)(e) CDR was satisfied because the applicants could prohibit the sign’s use, so the contested design was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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