Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-12
000128156
Contested design: 004160273-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0041602730001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Salomon SASvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Epagny Metz-Tessy, France
Represented by
Markéta Shubik
Holder · RCD owner
Road Star Groupvia PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Praha 10 - Štěrboholy, Czechia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
earlier figurative trade mark for footwear
EUTM No 11 655 727 · EUIPO eSearch plus · disclosed 2013-03-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on Article 25(1)(e) EUDR, arguing the contested shoe design used a sign identical or highly similar to its earlier EUTM for footwear.
- ›The holder denied identity and confusion, argued the zigzag motif differed in key details, and claimed such lines are commonly used in the footwear sector.
- ›The Division found the earlier mark valid and distinctive enough, the goods identical, and the sign in the contested design visually similar to at least an average degree.
- ›It concluded there was a likelihood of confusion for part of the EU public, so the applicant could prohibit the sign's use and the design was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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