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Sentencia 05 / SE/0005/2018
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Expediente y fuentes
- Nombre
- Sentencia 05 / SE/0005/2018
- Cita
- 082/2015-CA
- Tribunal
- Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, Sala Contenciosa, Contenciosa Administrativa, Social y Administrativa Primera
- Instancia
- única instancia judicial
- Fechas
- Decisión
- 2018-01-25
- Estado
- resuelto-firmeza-no-verificada
- Resultado
- Contencioso-administrative action declared IMPROBADA; hierarchical SENAPI decision remained subsistent; administrative record returned. No damages or copyright certificate was granted or denied.
- Resumen
- The court declared Danone's action unproven and left DGE/OPO/J-252/2014 in force. It accepted that applied art may in principle be copyrightable but found the asserted route and proof insufficient to defeat the mark application on this record.
- Antecedentes
- Danone opposed registration of PIL CALCIFEM, alleging pre-existing copyright in the product appearance, labels, packaging and advertising of DENSIA and CALCI+, plus unfair competition. It relied on design work and a Morillas Brand Design contract, but SENAPI found the asserted priority/title and admissible proof insufficient for the opposition.
- Historia procesal
- SENAPI R.A. 631/2013 of 2013-12-17 rejected the opposition.,R.A. DPI/OPO/REV-057/2014 of 2014-03-13 rejected revocation and confirmed.,R.A. DGE/OPO/J-252/2014 of 2014-08-01 rejected the hierarchical appeal and confirmed.,TSJ admitted judicial review on 2015-06-17; proceedings were suspended for TJCA 110-IP-2016, decided 2016-10-18.,Sentencia 05 of 2018-01-25 decided the action in a single instance.
- Cuestión jurídica
- Whether the hierarchical SENAPI resolution unlawfully allowed the applied-for mark despite Danone's alleged prior copyrights under Decision 486 art. 136(f), and whether the application evidenced unfair competition.
- Criterio
- The court declared Danone's action unproven and left DGE/OPO/J-252/2014 in force. It accepted that applied art may in principle be copyrightable but found the asserted route and proof insufficient to defeat the mark application on this record.
- Fundamento decisivo
- Copyright is not a super-right overriding the distinct trademark regime. A claimant invoking copyright against a mark must prove the right, title/priority and relevant conflict with adequate evidence. The court separated potential applied-art copyright from the industrial-property registration at issue.
- Límites
- It does not hold that labels, packaging or applied art are categorically outside copyright; the court recognized possible copyrightability in principle.,It does not decide AI authorship or an individual copyright-registration application.,Its discussion of registration and priority is tied to a trademark opposition and evidentiary record.
- Relevancia
- doctrina-general
- Referencias relacionadas
- Peso del precedente
- National apex administrative-review judgment; strong for category and proof discipline, limited on substantive originality and unrelated to GenAI. Integración/votación: Relator María Cristina Díaz Sosa; signed by Díaz Sosa and Esteban Miranda Terán; no separate opinion or vote tally published.
- Fuente
- Referencia
- Sentencia 05 / SE/0005/2018
- Enlace
- Consultar fuente
- Autoridad
- Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, Sala Contenciosa, Contenciosa Administrativa, Social y Administrativa Primera
- Tipo
- official judicial compilation, full decision read
- Tipo de evidencia
- official judicial compilation, full decision read
- Localizador
- printed pp. 39–47, especially pp. 44–47 and IX POR TANTO
- Verificación documentada
- Sí