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 SRL
Romania (RO)
Sat Poșta Câlnău, camera 7, Clădire C9, jud. Buzău, Comuna Poșta Câlnău, Romania
Represented by
Elena Grecu
Holder · RCD owner
Emanuel-Corneliu Dobronăuțeanu
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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