Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2025-09-18
R0054/2025-3
Contested design: 015023935-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder is ordered to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
Respinge il ricorso. Ordina alla titolare del disegno o modello di sopportare le spese e le tasse sostenute dalla richiedente la nullità nei procedimenti di nullità e di ricorso.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
D.B. ART di Giuseppe Di Bisceglievia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Vignati, n. 17, 26852 Casaletto Lodigiano (LO), Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guerra Import Export di Guerra Marcovia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Cadore, n. 5, 20831 Seregno (MB), Italia
Prior art cited (1)
Rosabella floral decoration featuring a red rose inside a transparent glass sphere with red decorative elements and a white Rosabella label.
https://fioraioroma.eu; Rosabella social media posts; Amazon listing; AF - L'Arte del Fiorista (Dec. 2019) · Facebook, Instagram, fioraioroma.eu, Rosabella.it, Amazon, AF - L'Arte del Fiorista · disclosed 2017-12-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The holder appealed, arguing the priority claim should stand, Wayback Machine evidence was unreliable, and disclosure to specialized circles was not proven.
- ›The invalidity applicant sought dismissal of the appeal and defended the first-instance finding that the Rosabella design had been publicly disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The Board held the priority claim was out of time, admitted the late appeal evidence only insofar as intelligible, and found no concrete indications that the archived web evidence had been manipulated.
- ›The Board also relied on corroborating social-media, Amazon, website, and magazine materials to confirm earlier disclosure, so novelty was lacking and the first-instance invalidity decision was upheld.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberS. Rizzo
- RegistrarE. Wagner
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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