Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-08-25
R1622/2021-3
Contested design: 007655378-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs incurred by the design holder.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. Le recours est rejeté ; 2. La demanderesse en nullité du modèle 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 Feuquieres, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
I.Distilling & covia PDF extraction
France (FR)
33 Chemin d'olivet, 16200 Réparsac, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
bottle
RCD No 2 621 763-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-01-30
Saverglass DISTIL’ER bottle as shown in catalog and website extracts
DISTIL’ER bottle · Saverglass catalog and website / Wayback Machine extracts · disclosed 2015-03-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested bottle lacked individual character over the earlier DISTIL'ER bottle and also invoked an earlier French copyright in that bottle design.
- ›The design holder defended the registration, arguing that the differences in decoration, bottle details and overall appearance were sufficient and that the copyright case had not been properly established.
- ›The Board agreed that the floral decoration, green base detail, recesses and other visible features gave the contested bottle a different overall impression, and it found the French copyright ground insufficiently substantiated.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and costs were awarded against the invalidity applicant.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- MemberM. Bra
- MemberS. Rizzo
- 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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