Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-02-17
R2382/2020-3
Contested design: 006301891-0007
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed; the invalidity applicant must bear the design holder’s costs.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. Le recours est rejeté; 2. La demanderesse en nullité devra supporter les frais engagés par la titulaire du modèle.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Saverglassvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
3, rue de la Gare, 60960 Feuquières, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Discovia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Avenue des Torulas, 16100 Merpins, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
carafes / bottles prior design
RCD No 2 621 763-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-01-30
DISTIL’ER product shown in Saverglass online catalogue
www.saverglass.com · Saverglass website
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Saverglass sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 2 621 763-0001 and the online DISTIL’ER product disclosure.
- ›Disco argued that the applicant distorted proportions, that the compared containers differed in key features, and that the challenged design remained new and individually distinctive.
- ›The Board admitted the online catalogue extract at appeal stage but found the contested carafe created a different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The appeal was dismissed; the contested design retained individual character and, a fortiori, novelty.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- MemberM. Bra
- MemberA. Szanyi Felkl
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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