Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-17
000122614
Contested design: 003765445-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 003765445-0004 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Duravit Aktiengesellschaftvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Werderstr. 36, 78132 Hornberg, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
FM Marketing GmbHvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Schalkham 77, 5202 Neumarkt am Wallersee, Österreich
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
DURAVIT figurative mark
German trademark No. 2 038 947 · DPMA online database · disclosed 1993-06-23
Nearly identical international design cited to show a clearer image on the remote control
DM/214407
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e), arguing the contested remote-control design used its earlier German DURAVIT figurative mark for sanitary goods.
- ›Holder denied any meaningful sign similarity, argued the alleged mark was barely visible in the registered image, and requested rejection or alternatively limited maintenance.
- ›The Division held the assessment was confined to the contested RCD view and the earlier mark; even enlarged, the visible element did not let the public perceive DURAVIT.
- ›Because the signs were not similar, confusion and identity-based claims failed; any later fame-based theory was also inadmissible or unsupported, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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