Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-16
000123216
Contested design: 015004469-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected; 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. 015004469-0002 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 can design unlawfully used its copyright in the word sign 'AMUL' under German law and, alternatively, Indian copyright via the Berne Convention.
- ›The holder argued the applicant had not shown copyright subsistence, identified the author, or proved any chain of title or exclusive licence giving it standing to invoke Article 25(1)(f).
- ›The Invalidity Division disregarded the untranslated affidavit and found no evidence of the alleged author's identity, nationality, first publication country, employment status, or any transfer of rights to the applicant.
- ›Because authorship and entitlement to the invoked copyright were not proven, the invalidity ground failed; the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
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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