Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-30
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Contested design: 002576215-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 0025762150005 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0025762150005 is declared invalid.
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 article showing a plush toy in the shape of a garlic used in Conad's loyalty programme
The Goodness Gang takes Italy by Storm · the grocery trader · disclosed 2012-03-01
screenshot from a commercial showing the earlier garlic-shaped plush toy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzXJ89SryE8 · YouTube · disclosed 2012-11-12
screenshots from a video about Unicoop's Florence promotion campaign showing the earlier garlic-shaped plush toy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwGDtb7TVc · YouTube
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and relied on an online article and YouTube materials showing an earlier garlic-shaped plush toy before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations or rebuttal evidence.
- ›The Division found the submitted materials credible and sufficient to prove public disclosure of the earlier plush-toy design by 1 March 2012 under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the common visible features, the Division held the contested design identical to the prior design and declared the RCD invalid, with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberAlvaro SESMA
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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