Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-07-10
R1070/2018-3
Contested design: 003797091-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant is ordered to bear the design holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the fees and costs incurred by the design holder.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
BIBITA GROUP SHPKvia PDF extraction
AL
Rruga e Bogdaneve, Pall. EUROCOL, Kati V, Tirana, Albania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
"БЕНКОМЕРС" ООДvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
р-н Възраждане, ул. "СРЕДНА ГОРА" No 127, ет. 1, 1510 СОФИЯ, Bulgaria
Represented by
Rositsa Stoyanova
Prior art cited (1)
beverage container (dumbbell-shaped bottle)
DM/095 336 · WIPO International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-03-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Invalidity applicant/appellant argued that the contested RCD (beverage bottle) conflicted with its prior international design DM/095 336 under Article 25(1)(d)(iii) CDR, as both share a distinctive 'dumbbell' shape, and that differences cited by the Invalidity Division were insignificant accessories.
- ›Design holder did not submit observations at either instance or on appeal.
- ›The Board confirmed that conditions of Article 25(1)(d)(iii) CDR were met, but found the designs produced different overall impressions: the most eye-catching feature of the contested RCD is the linear patterns (fine black lines forming octagon shapes) entirely absent from the prior design, plus differences in indentations and top/bottom sections.
- ›Appeal dismissed; the Invalidity Division's decision rejecting the invalidity application was confirmed.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberC. Negro
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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