Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-02-11

R0554/2019-3

Contested design: 004378917-0018

CDRAppellant: holder

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

The appeal is dismissed; the design holder shall reimburse EUR 500 to the invalidity applicant.

Show verbatim operative text(it)

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

CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €500

Applicant · invalidity challenger

SAVERGLASSvia PDF extraction

France (FR)

Rue de la Gare, 3, 60960 Feuquieres, France

Represented by

Holder · RCD owner

Bruni Glass S.p.A.via PDF extraction

Italy (IT)

Viale C. Colombo, 12/14, 20090 Trezzano S/N Naviglio, Italy

Represented by

Registered RCD

Bottle (gallone/jug type with handle)

RCD No 3 477 322-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-11-24

Article 25(1)(b)Article 4Article 5Article 6Article 7Article 70(1)

›Design holder (Bruni Glass) appealed the Invalidity Division's declaration of invalidity of bottle RCD No 4 378 917-0018, arguing its bottle had a 'rounded and voluminous' shape clearly differing in neck taper direction, shoulder width, body taper, base, and handle from the prior RCD No 3 477 322-0001 which appeared 'cylindrical and linear'.
›Invalidity applicant (SAVERGLASS) contended the designs share the same proportions, handle position, rounded handle shape, and 'linear and conical' body, producing the same overall impression; the designer's freedom would have permitted a genuinely different design.
›The Board found both bottles share a circular body with inverted taper, rounded shoulders, short cylindrical neck, and a handle joining neck and shoulder; designer's freedom is very wide; differences in neck direction, shoulder curvature, body taper degree, base and handle are individually minor and do not collectively alter the same overall impression of similarity (déjà vu).
›The appeal was dismissed; the contested RCD lacks individual character; design holder ordered to pay EUR 500 in costs.

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