Invalidity · first instance · 2018-05-11
000010521
Contested design: 002845081-0016
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community Design No 002845081-0016 is declared invalid, and 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. 002845081-0016 è dichiarato nullo. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla richiedente, fissate in Euro 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SAVERGLASS Societé par actions simplifiée
France (FR)
Rue de la Gare, 3, Feuquieres, 60960, Francia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
VETRERIA ETRUSCA S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Maremmana, 70 50056 Montelupo Fiorentino, Firenze, Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
bottle
RCD No 002073726-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2012-07-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty or, in the alternative, lack of individual character over earlier RCD D1 for a bottle.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found D1 had been validly disclosed, rejected the novelty claim because the shoulder width differed, but held that difference insufficient to create a different overall impression.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6, so the invalidity application was upheld and the RCD was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberPierluigi M. VILLANI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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