Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-03
000127857
Contested design: 008804603-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 0088046030001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zante LTD Management Group Spółka Komandytowavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Anna-Maria Sobczak
Holder · RCD owner
KDC Pomorzanka Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
Preżmierowo, Poland
Represented by
Tomasz Cudnoch
Prior art cited (5)
Combined trade mark showing overlapping jelly slices in a round container
Polish trade mark No R. 170 244 · Polish Patent Office · disclosed 2003-05-05
Shape trade mark relied on as showing the contested jelly-slice design
EU trade mark No 18 627 028 · TMview · disclosed 2022-02-10
Offer for 'GALARETKA W CUKRZE MIX OWOCOWA CYTRYNKA ZOSIA 1KG' showing jelly slices
Allegro offer No 13 617 529 819 · Allegro
Offer for 'Galaretki w cukrze CYTRYNKI-1,5 kg Plumeria' showing jelly slices
Allegro offer No 9 983 712 540 · Allegro
Claimed use of the contested jelly-slice design by the holder since 1980
Holder's letter dated 25/09/2024 · Holder's cease and desist letter
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed the design lacked novelty and individual character based on earlier Polish and EU trade marks, Allegro product listings, and the holder's own long-standing use.
- ›Holder argued the cited trade marks and listings did not disclose a clearly identifiable prior design comparable with the registered three-view design and that the internet evidence was unreliable.
- ›The Division found the trade mark imagery too unclear, the EU trade mark too late, and the Allegro evidence undated, untranslated, and not self-contained for proving disclosure.
- ›Because no sound prior disclosure was established under Articles 5 to 7 EUDR, the invalidity application failed and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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