Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2025-11-14
R0519/2025-3
Contested design: 003534833-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder must pay the fees and costs incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Desestimar el recurso. 2. Ordenar a la titular del DUE impugnado a pagar las tasas y los gastos sufragados por la solicitante de nulidad en los procedimientos de nulidad y de recurso.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
EVERSIA, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Pol. Ind. El Tapiado C/José Fernández López, s/n, 30500 Molina de Segura (Murcia), España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
EXCLUSIVAS NIMBUS, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
C. Doctor Fleming, 23 Pol. Industrial El Bovalar, 46970 Alaquas, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
photograph of the 'bolsa Bio Task' garbage-bag packaging on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/somostask/photos/1800237653579602 · Facebook / Somos Task · disclosed 2016-12-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder appealed, arguing the informed user and the designer's freedom were misapplied and that differences in band width, colour, contrast and Kraft-paper texture created a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity applicant asked for dismissal, arguing that garbage-bag packaging still allows broad design freedom and that the shared roll-with-brown-band configuration dominated over the colour and proportion differences.
- ›The Board confirmed disclosure through the 6 December 2016 Facebook post for the 'Bio Task' packaging, identified a relatively attentive informed user, and held that the designer still had broad freedom despite functional packaging constraints.
- ›The Board found both designs created the same overall impression of a garbage-bag roll wrapped by a paper-like band used for closure and support, so the contested design lacked individual character and the appeal was dismissed.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurA. González Fernández
- MemberH. Salmi
- Registrarp.o. M. Chaleva
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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