Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-16
000123176
Contested design: 015004469-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application 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. 015004469-0004 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
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), alleging the contested drink-can design unlawfully used its copyrighted word sign 'AMUL' under German copyright law.
- ›The holder denied copyright subsistence and, in any event, disputed authorship, title, and any proven transfer or exclusive licence to the applicant.
- ›The Division held the applicant failed to prove who authored the alleged work, where and how copyright arose, or how any exclusive rights passed to the applicant before the contested design's filing date.
- ›Because the asserted earlier copyright and the applicant's entitlement were not established, the invalidity request was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
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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