Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-07-30
R0995/2023-3
Contested design: 004660454-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs incurred by the design holder in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Froneri Bulgaria EOODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
261, Lomsko Shosse Blvd., 1220 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Kamen Sashov Gogov
Holder · RCD owner
ДАЕСФ АДvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
ул."Поручик Неделчо Бончев" №8, 1528 София, Bulgaria
Represented by
Desislava Dancheva-Vasileva
Prior art cited (2)
boxes with lids / packaging containers for food products
Community design registration No 3 465 541-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-11-24
Familia family-size ice cream box shown in advertising video stills
https://www.youtub.com/watch?v=8r8a5iocjH0 · YouTube · disclosed 2010-05-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant appealed, arguing the contested ice-cream container lacked novelty and individual character over D1 and the earlier 'Familia' box designs, and that the Division's reasoning was inadequate.
- ›The design holder replied that the contested RCD was a genuinely new design with different tub shape and proportions, while much of the alleged prior-design evidence was confidential, unclear, or irrelevant.
- ›The Board accepted D1 and the YouTube-disclosed 'Familia' design as earlier disclosures, but upheld the rejection or limited relevance of other technical-drawing and website evidence.
- ›Because the contested tub's conical shape, proportions, height, and depth create a different overall impression, and Article 8 was not established, the appeal was dismissed and costs awarded against the invalidity applicant.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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