Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-06-13

R1873/2017-3

Contested design: 002964452-0002

CDRAppellant: holder

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

The appeal is dismissed; the holder is ordered to reimburse EUR 500 in costs to the invalidity applicant.

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1. Il ricorso è respinto; 2. La titolare rifonderà la somma totale di 500 EUR alla richiedente la nullità.

CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €500

Applicant · invalidity challenger

LENG-D'OR, S.A.via PDF extraction

Spain (ES)

Industria, 21, Pol. Ind. Conde de Sert, 08755 Castellbisbal (Barcellona), Spagna

Represented by

Holder · RCD owner

MAFIN S.r.l.via PDF extraction

Italy (IT)

Strada degli Alberi, 7, 35015 Galliera Veneta (PD), Italia

Represented by

Registered RCD

snack (spuntino a forma di cuore)

RCD No 2 511 285 · Gazzetta ufficiale dei marchi comunitari · disclosed 2008-08-12

Article 25(1)(b)Article 6Article 4Article 7Article 10

›Holder/appellant appealed the first-instance invalidation of RCD No 2 964 452-0002 (heart-shaped snack), arguing the Invalidity Division erred in assessing similarities/differences between the designs, underestimated designer freedom, and wrongly evaluated the crowded snack market.
›Invalidity applicant (respondent) maintained the two heart-shaped snack designs produce the same overall impression on the informed user, argued new evidence was inadmissible, and stated designer freedom is virtually unlimited.
›The Board confirmed wide designer freedom for snacks, admitted the holder's supplementary evidence as complementary, and found that the three dominant visual features shared by both designs (classic heart shape, rough surface, surface incisions) create a déjà vu impression; minor differences in line curvature and incision orientation are secondary.
›Appeal dismissed; first-instance invalidity decision upheld; RCD remains invalid; holder ordered to pay EUR 500 costs.

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