Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-16
000123177
Contested design: 015004469-0001
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. 015004469-0001 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 design unlawfully used its copyrighted word sign "AMUL" under German and Indian copyright theories.
- ›The holder disputed copyright subsistence, authorship, chain of title, and standing, and argued any alleged Indian copyright was unproven and time-barred.
- ›The Division found no evidence identifying the author, first publication, employment relationship, or transfer of exclusive rights to the applicant.
- ›Because the applicant failed to prove authorship or entitlement to invoke the copyright-based ground, the invalidity application was rejected and costs awarded against it.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberClaudia SCHLIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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