Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-10
000010899
Contested design: 004068112-0018
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 004068112-0018 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
Semir Raad Maroki
Romania (RO)
str. Faurei nr. 5, bloc C9, sc. C, ap. 82, Bucharest, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
SC Gold Glass SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Lt. Col. Dumitru Papazoglu, nr. 60, Et. 2, Ap. 10, Sector 3 031203 Bucharest, Romania
Prior art cited (1)
transparent glassware / drinking glass with butterfly or flower-like decoration
RCD No 003850601-0007 · Office bulletin · disclosed 2017-04-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 003850601-0007.
- ›The holder argued the applicant had sold similar glass products for years, should not obtain a monopoly over a glass mug, and that the earlier cited design should itself be invalidated.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been disclosed by publication before the contested filing date and that the compared designs were identical in shape and decoration.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 5, so the Division did not need to examine individual character further.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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