Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-12
000128199
Contested design: 004160273-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 004160273-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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)
figurative mark for footwear
EUTM No 11 655 727 · Office eSearch plus database · disclosed 2013-03-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the shoe design reproduced its earlier figurative EUTM for footwear, creating confusion on identical goods under Article 25(1)(e).
- ›The holder argued the zigzag device differed in shape and placement, had weak distinctiveness, and consumers would rely on other marks such as ROAD STAR.
- ›The Division found the sign used in the design visually similar overall to the earlier mark, the goods identical, and the earlier mark normally distinctive.
- ›It concluded there was a likelihood of confusion for at least part of the EU public, upheld the application, and invalidated the design.
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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