Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-01-30
R2422/2022-3
Contested design: 002568410-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Desestimar el recurso. 2. Ordenar que la titular sufrague las costas de la solicitante de la nulidad.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbBvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Siebertstrasse 4, 81675 Múnich, Alemania
Holder · RCD owner
Plasticos Faca, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Ctra. del Mig, 1-13, 08940 Cornella de Llobregat (BCN), España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Filorga cosmetic cream jar
http://mywalletisdead.blogspot.com/2012/11/review-filorga-meso-mask.html; http://www.filorga.com/en/83/MESOMARK/details_produit.php · Wayback Machine / Filorga website and blog · disclosed 2011-12-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the jar design lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Filorga cream jar disclosed repeatedly online before filing.
- ›The design holder challenged the quality, source reliability and dating of the internet evidence and argued that the earlier jars created a different overall impression.
- ›The Board accepted Annexes VP4 and VP5 as sufficient proof of internet disclosure and found that the cited earlier jar produced the same overall impression as the contested design.
- ›The appeal was dismissed, the invalidity stood, and the total costs remained EUR 350.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarR. Vidal Romero
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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