Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-13
000009949
Contested design: 002571703-0002
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 0025717030002 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 box-shape trade mark with RED BRAND CHICKEN wording and cockerel figurative element
EUTM No 13 068 861 · EUIPO · disclosed 2014-07-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) based on its earlier EUTM for a 3D poultry-packaging box and also invoked other invalidity grounds.
- ›The holder denied similarity, challenged the status of the earlier trade mark, and twice sought suspension pending related trade mark and court proceedings.
- ›The Division held the surrendered design could still be decided on the merits and applied CDR substantive law because the contested design was filed in 2014.
- ›It found the packaging goods similar, the signs highly visually similar with only minor differences, and a likelihood of confusion for English-speaking consumers.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was invalidated, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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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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