Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-16
000123137
Contested design: 015004469-0010
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against Registered Community design No 015004469-0010 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. 015004469-0010 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
Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Limitedvia PDF extraction
IN
Anand, State of Gujarat 388 061, Indien
Holder · RCD owner
HUB.NRW - EUIndia Invest GmbH
Germany (DE)
Mühlenstraße 206, 45475 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Deutschland
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(f) CDR, alleging the contested design unlawfully used its copyright-protected sign AMUL under German and Indian law.
- ›The holder contested copyright subsistence, authorship, and the applicant's title to sue, arguing the alleged author and any transfer chain were unsubstantiated.
- ›The Division held the applicant had not proved the author, first publication, applicable copyright protection in Germany, or any transfer or exclusive rights from the natural-person author.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected, and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed representation costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberClaudia SCHLIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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