Invalidity · first instance · 2018-03-19
000010651
Contested design: 002680207-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community Design No 002680207-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear the applicant's costs, fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 002680207-0001 è dichiarato nullo. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla richiedente, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Baralan International S.p.a.
Italy (IT)
Via Copernico, 34, 20090 Trezzano Sul Naviglio (MI), Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
D.C. Distribuzione s.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Appia Nuova 669, 00179 Roma, Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
bottle for nail polish/cosmetics marketed as Faby Line Eclectic
beautydea.it and supporting Faby Line publications · disclosed 2013-09-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and, in the alternative, lack of individual character over prior unregistered design D1 for a cosmetic bottle.
- ›The holder argued that the registration showed all bottle measurements, but did not substantively address the novelty and individual-character objections.
- ›The Division found D1 had been publicly disclosed before the filing date through web articles, press material, and magazine evidence accepted under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It rejected the novelty ground because the compared views were not enough to prove identity with certainty, but found the overall impression sufficiently similar to deny individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberPierluigi M. VILLANI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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