Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-07-29

R0892/2018-3

Contested design: 002680207-0002

CDRAppellant: holder

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

The appeal is dismissed and the design holder is ordered to reimburse the invalidity applicant a total of EUR 1,250.

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1. Il ricorso è respinto; 2. La titolare rifonderà la somma totale di 1.250 EUR alla richiedente la nullità.

CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €1,250

Applicant · invalidity challenger

BARALAN INTERNATIONAL S.p.A.via PDF extraction

Italy (IT)

Via Copernico, 34, 20090 Trezzano sul Naviglio, Italia

Represented by

Holder · RCD owner

DC Distribuzione S.r.l.via PDF extraction

Italy (IT)

Via Appia Nuova 669, 00179 Roma, Italia

Represented by

Mario Carrella

Web disclosureEclectic

'Eclectic' cosmetic bottle by Faby Line S.r.l. (nail polish collection autumn-winter 2013/14)

Various websites and press release, September 2013 · disclosed 2013-09-01

CatalogFrida 15

'Frida 15' cosmetic bottle

Catalogue by Baralan International S.p.A., 2012 · disclosed 2012-01-01

Article 25(1)(b)Article 5Article 6Article 7(1)Article 70(1)

›Design holder (appellant) appealed the Invalidity Division's declaration of invalidity of RCD No 2 680 207-0002 (cosmetic bottle) on the same three grounds as in the companion case R 891/2018-3: applicant's standing, adequacy of disclosure proof, and holder's own earlier commercialisation.
›The invalidity applicant (respondent) again argued the holder had not contested the substantive lack-of-individual-character finding and raised only procedural objections.
›The Board dismissed all three grounds for the same reasons as in R 891/2018-3: standing is irrelevant to Article 7(1); free proof of disclosure was sufficient; and the holder's own commercialisation claim effectively acknowledged invalidity.
›The Board confirmed invalidity for lack of individual character versus the 'Eclectic' model and upheld the costs award (EUR 750 first instance + EUR 500 appeal representation = EUR 1,250).

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