Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-09-06
R2202/2020-3
Contested design: 005622008-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs and fees in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the design holder to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Isik Tarim Ürünleri Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketivia PDF extraction
Türkiye (TR)
75. Yil Cumhuriyet Mahallesi Ova Sokak No:9 Ören, Kemalpasa Izmir 35733, Turkey
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sda Gida Tarim Üretim Ithalat Ihracat Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketivia PDF extraction
Türkiye (TR)
Organize Sanayi Bölgesi 1299. Cad. No: 5, Turgutlu / Manisa, Turkey
Represented by
Carlos Hernández Hernández
Prior art cited (1)
food packaging container with lid shown on SEK website
https://www.sek.com.tr/ (Internet Archive capture 2017-09-23) · sek.com.tr via web.archive.org · disclosed 2017-09-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested food-packaging design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier food containers disclosed on the Turkish SEK website before the filing date.
- ›The design holder argued that specialists in the EU would not be aware of the Turkish disclosure and that differences in the proportions and lid configuration produced a different overall impression.
- ›The Board accepted the internet-archive evidence of disclosure and found that the dominant features of the compared designs were the same: the overall container shape and the lid shape, with the remaining differences too minor to alter the overall impression.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the first-instance invalidation for lack of individual character stood.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberA. Szanyi Felkl
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |