Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-18
000011142
Contested design: 004171817-0023
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 004171817-0023 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
Antonio Puig SA
Spain (ES)
Plaza Europa 46-48, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat 08902, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Coscentra B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Wenckebachstraat 12, 6466 NC Kerkrade, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
earlier registered design
international design registration No DM/024 377-1 · International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 1993-01-29
earlier registered design
Swedish design registration No M 55 597 · Swedish Patent and Registration Office · disclosed 1994-05-11
KINDLOOKS perfume bottle
ASIN B004AKY4E4 · Amazon.fr · disclosed 2010-11-03
earlier three-dimensional trade mark
French trade mark registration No 92 440 690 · French trade marks bulletin · disclosed 1993-04-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over D1 to D3 and for conflict with an earlier French three-dimensional trade mark.
- ›The holder filed no reply or evidence in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division treated the Amazon.fr KINDLOOKS bottle disclosure from 3 November 2010 as proven prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the contested design identical in all essential parts to that prior bottle, so the RCD lacked novelty and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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