Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-10-03
R0045/2022-3
Contested design: 006307666-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the costs incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings are charged to the holders.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. Il ricorso è respinto; 2. Le spese sostenute dalla richiedente nei procedimenti di nullità e di ricorso sono poste a carico dei titolari.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
CreativaMente S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Alessandro Volta, 69, 20863 Concorezzo (MB), Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Luca Achinovia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Baldo, 3, 13866 Masserano (BI), Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
3D origami modular-card kits, including the turtle Origami 3D kit
http://www.3dorigami.it / Internet Archive captures and corresponding box/instructions · 3dorigami.it website / Wayback Machine / product packaging · disclosed 2017-03-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The holders argued that their origami-paper design had individual character through specific side cuts and raised lower angles and that the prior modular card kit did not create the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity applicant maintained that modular origami cards with the same essential shape had already been disclosed in 2016 and 2017 on the 3dorigami.it site and packaging, leaving only immaterial differences.
- ›The Board held that the earlier disclosure was established and that the small differences relied on by the holders were insufficient, given the wide design freedom and the informed user's global perception, to create a different overall impression.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidity decision was confirmed.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Negro
- 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 ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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