Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-13
000009948
Contested design: 002571703-0001
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 0025717030001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jolanta Mozerys D&J FOODvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Wieluń, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Przedsiębiorstwo Drobiarskie Grzegorz Wyrębski
Poland (PL)
Wróblew, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
3D trade mark of a cardboard box with BLUE BRAND CHICKEN verbal and figurative elements
EUTM No 13 071 378 · EUIPO EUTM register · disclosed 2014-07-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on earlier EUTM No 13 071 378 and argued that the contested packaging design used that sign without consent.
- ›The holder argued that the earlier trade mark's validity was still contested, denied meaningful similarity, and sought repeated suspension pending related trade mark cases.
- ›The Division held that CDR substantive law applied despite later EUDR references and that surrender did not bar a merits decision under Article 24 CDR.
- ›It found the goods complementary, the signs highly similar overall, and a likelihood of confusion under Article 25(1)(e), so the design was invalidated in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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