Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-16
000123215
Contested design: 015004469-0008
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. 015004469-0008 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 on the basis that the contested design unlawfully used its alleged copyright-protected word sign "AMUL" under German law.
- ›The holder denied copyright subsistence, authorship, and any proven chain of title or exclusive rights allowing the applicant to rely on Article 25(1)(f).
- ›The Division held that the applicant produced no evidence identifying the author, first publication, employment relationship, or transfer of rights required to show protected copyright and standing.
- ›Because authorship and entitlement were not proven, the Article 25(1)(f) invalidity ground failed and the application was rejected with costs 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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