Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-28
000123281
Contested design: 008352405-0002
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 008352405-0002 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)
Earlier figurative mark containing 'UNIREA' for alcoholic beverages
Romanian trade mark registration No 109 325 (fig.) · Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) / TMview · disclosed 2010-09-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants relied on an earlier Romanian figurative trade mark and argued the contested tag design used the same distinctive sign for similar alcoholic-beverage-related goods, creating a likelihood of confusion in Romania.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier Romanian mark valid and earlier, the contested design used the same co-dominant verbal and figurative elements, and the relevant goods were similar through complementarity.
- ›Given the high visual, aural and conceptual similarity and average consumer attention, the Division found a likelihood of confusion and upheld invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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