Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-16
000123297
Contested design: 015004469-0009
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community design No. 015004469-0009 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. 015004469-0009 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
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(f), claiming the contested design unlawfully used its copyright-protected word sign 'TRU' under German law.
- ›Holder denied copyright protection and standing, arguing the applicant had not proved authorship, ownership, or any valid transfer of exclusive rights.
- ›The Division disregarded the untranslated affidavit and found no evidence establishing the author's nationality, first publication, authorship, employment relationship, or transfer of rights to the applicant.
- ›Because the applicant failed to prove entitlement to invoke the copyright-based ground, the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against it.
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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