Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-21
000128597
Contested design: 007691787-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 007691787-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hummel holding A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Aarhus C, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Adolmar-fábrica de calçado, LDAvia PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Felgueiras, Portugal
Represented by
Abel Dário Pinto de Oliveira
Prior art cited (3)
position mark consisting of a double-chevron mark used on footwear
Danish trade mark registration No VR 2016 01285 · Danish bulletin · disclosed 2016-06-08
registered trade mark relied on as earlier double-chevron sign for footwear
European Union Trade Mark No 018256549
catalogues showing use and evolution of the applicant's 2-chevron trademark on footwear since 1923
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier chevron trademarks and longstanding use on footwear.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division assessed individual character first and treated the Danish trademark VR 2016 01285 as validly disclosed before the filing date.
- ›It found the double-chevron features created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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