Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-23
000011022
Contested design: 002576215-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0025762150006 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Delta-Sport Handelskontor GmbH
Germany (DE)
Wragekamp 6, 22397 Hamburg, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
TCC Global N.V.
Netherlands (NL)
World Trade Centre, Zuidplein 84, 1077XV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Online magazine article describing Conad's loyalty program using plush toys shaped as vegetables and fruit.
"The Goodness Gang takes Italy by Storm" · the grocery trader · disclosed 2012-03-01
Screenshot from a commercial showing the plush toy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzXJ89SryE8 · YouTube · disclosed 2012-11-12
Screenshots from a YouTube video reporting on a Unicoop Florence promotion campaign featuring the plush toy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwGDtb7TVc · YouTube
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier disclosures of a plush pear toy used in Italian supermarket promotions.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and did not contest disclosure or novelty.
- ›The Division found the evidence sufficient to prove pre-filing disclosure under Article 7 and considered the contested design identical apart from immaterial details.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberAlvaro SESMA
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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