Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-09-04
R0666/2023-3
Contested design: 009085277-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder is ordered to bear the invalidity applicant's costs and fees in both 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
62nordic sp/fvia PDF extraction
FO
Sudurrås 10, 100 Torshavn, Faroe Islands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nixon Buivia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Ebertsgade 3, 3th, 2300 copenhagen s, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Bottle design shown in the article 'Nykur Vodka Er Fyldt Med Rå Færøsk Mytologi'
https://mandesager.dk/mad-drikke/spiritus/vodka/nykur-vodka/ · mandesager.dk · disclosed 2020-12-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on a bottle design disclosed online on 11 December 2020.
- ›The design holder appealed, arguing the contested RCD was new and had individual character and that its late-filed evidence would change the result.
- ›The invalidity applicant replied that the prior design had been publicly disclosed well before the 13 July 2022 filing date and that any differences were immaterial.
- ›The Board found the web article sufficient to prove disclosure and held that the conflicting bottle shapes and label arrangements produced the same overall impression.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the first-instance invalidation for lack of individual character was maintained.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- MemberH. Salmi
- MemberC. Negro
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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