Invalidity · first instance · 2018-04-26
000010260
Contested design: 002593228-0036
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of RCD No 0025932280036 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità del disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0025932280036 è respinta. 2. La richiedente sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla titolare, fissate in 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Buena Vista Modevertriebs GmbH & Co. KG
Germany (DE)
Fraunhofer Straße 6, 97076 Würzburg, Germania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Imperial S.p.a.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via dei Lanaioli 42, 40050 Funo di Argelato (BO), Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
rear pocket design for jeans
Facebook · disclosed 2013-12-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on D1, a jeans pocket design shown in a Facebook screenshot dated 3 December 2013 and enlarged images.
- ›The holder argued the application was unsigned and inadmissible, and that the Facebook screenshot could not reliably prove prior disclosure.
- ›The Division found the invalidity application duly signed and accepted the dated Facebook screenshot, corroborated by an affidavit, as sufficient proof that D1 had been disclosed before 9 December 2014.
- ›Although D1 and the contested design shared several pocket features, their differences were not irrelevant, so D1 was not identical and the novelty attack failed; the application was rejected with costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberPierluigi M. VILLANI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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