Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-16
000129366
Contested design: 002704445-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0027044450001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nurdim Bumedien Mohamedivia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Melilla, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
FHU Jarosław Wolski
Poland (PL)
Koszalin, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
label design depicted in the Spanish trade mark application
Spanish trade mark application No M 30 389 70(4) · Spanish Trademark and Patent Office online database · disclosed 2012-08-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character and also invoked an earlier-right ground, relying on a published Spanish trade mark application for a label design.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the 2012 publication of the Spanish trade mark application was a valid prior disclosure and could be relied on as a prior design under Article 7(1).
- ›Given the broad design freedom for labels, the shared layout and graphic elements outweighed minor differences in stripe width, curved lines, and colour.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character, so the application was upheld, the design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
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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