Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-31
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Contested design: 003476787-0016
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0034767870016 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
A. Ferreira & Pereira, LDA
Portugal (PT)
Rua Nicolau Coelho-Sendim, 4610-741 Felgueiras, Portugal
Holder · RCD owner
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Portugal (PT)
Rua da Indústria n° 30, 4610-742 Sendim, Felgueiras, Portugal
Represented by
Abel Dário Pinto de Oliveira
Prior art cited (1)
Soles for footwear
Community design registration No 002913020-0017 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-02-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier Community design registration for footwear soles.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier registered design as prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The Division rejected the novelty ground but found the shared side-profile features created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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