Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-24
000124717
Contested design: 000579099-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 000579099-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 000579099-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Association GYI
France (FR)
78, allée Primavera Centre Ubidoca 20837, 74370 Annecy, Frankreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
ASA Selection GmbH
Germany (DE)
Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 3, 56203 Höhr-Grenzhausen, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
logo shown in the DPMA database extract
deutsche Markeneintragung Nr. 2 051 011 · DPMA database · disclosed 1994-01-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier logo disclosed through German trademark registration No. 2 051 011.
- ›The holder argued the filing was insufficiently substantiated and, in any event, the contested design differed through its border, proportions, typography, and the added word "GERMANY".
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier logo via the DPMA publication and treated the application as relying on a single earlier design.
- ›It found the shared ASA and SELECTION composition decisive, while the border, square framing, and GERMANY element did not create a different overall impression for the informed user.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the invalidity application was upheld and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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