Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-13
000101659
Contested design: 004536340-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application against RCD No 0045363400002 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l'encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 0045363400002 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais exposés par la titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Natalie Jones
United Kingdom (GB)
82 King Street, Gillingham, ME7 1ER, Royaume-Uni
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Corina Dogaruvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Drm. Sării nr. 14, bl. V63, sc. 1, et. 1, ap. 5, Sector 6, Bucureşti, Rumanie
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
order form referring to velvet and lycra bows allegedly corresponding to the prior design
bon de commande CXQN-640392 · disclosed 2016-08-12
printed email concerning a dispute between the parties about bow sales
email correspondence · disclosed 2017-08-17
printed email exchange about collaboration, including two photographs of bows
email correspondence · disclosed 2015-01-21
Internet Archive capture listing the applicant's bow products without product images
http://houseoflilah.bigcartel.com/products · Internet Archive · disclosed 2016-07-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested bow headband design lacked novelty and individual character because it copied bows sold on her websites and allegedly bought by the holder in August 2016.
- ›The holder filed observations after the deadline, so the Division did not take that response into account.
- ›The Division held that the annexes did not objectively prove public disclosure of a prior design: the web capture listed products without images, and the order form and emails were uncorroborated.
- ›Because prior disclosure under Article 7 was not established, the invalidity ground under Article 25(1)(b) read with Articles 4, 5 and 6 failed, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica Norma LEWIS
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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