Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-30
000010894
Contested design: 002576215-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0025762150004 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)
plush toy in the shape of a carrot from the Conad loyalty programme
"The Goodness Gang takes Italy by Storm" · The Grocery Trader · disclosed 2012-03-01
plush toy in the shape of a carrot shown in a commercial screenshot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzXJ89SryE8 · YouTube · disclosed 2012-11-12
plush toy in the shape of a carrot shown in the Unicoop Florence promotion campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwGDtb7TVc · Unicoop Florence promotion campaign · disclosed 2013-10-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier disclosures of a plush toy carrot used in Italian supermarket promotions before the contested RCD's filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and did not rebut the applicant's evidence or arguments.
- ›The Division held that the combined evidence proved prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and that the contested design was identical to the earlier plush toy in all material features.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay the applicant's fixed costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberAlvaro SESMA
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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