Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-30
000011023
Contested design: 002576215-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 0025762150007 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 news article showing plush toys shaped as vegetables and fruit in Conad's loyalty program.
The Goodness Gang takes Italy by Storm · the grocery trader · disclosed 2012-03-01
Commercial screenshot showing a plush toy fruit or vegetable character.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzXJ89SryE8 · YouTube · disclosed 2012-11-12
Video screenshots reporting on Unicoop's Florence promotion campaign featuring plush toy fruit characters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwGDtb7TVc · YouTube · disclosed 2013-10-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty under Article 25(1)(b) with Articles 4 and 5, relying on 2012 and 2013 online disclosures of a strawberry-shaped plush toy.
- ›The holder filed no observations or rebuttal evidence.
- ›The Division found the submitted article and video evidence sufficient to prove prior public disclosure under Article 7(1), especially as the holder offered nothing to the contrary.
- ›It concluded the contested design was identical to the prior plush toy, upheld the application, invalidated the RCD, and awarded EUR 750 in 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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