Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-18
000011143
Contested design: 004171817-0072
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 004171817-0072 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
DM/024 377-1 · International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 1993-01-29
earlier registered design
M 55 597 · Swedish Patent and Registration Office design database · disclosed 1994-05-11
‘LA CREATION Street looks’ perfume bottle
Amazon.fr ASIN B00SC5WHBK · Amazon.fr · disclosed 2015-10-01
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 observations in reply to the invalidity application or the evidence submitted.
- ›The Division found the Amazon.fr listing proved public disclosure of D3 before the filing date and outside the Article 7(2) grace period.
- ›It considered the contested bottle design identical to D3 in all essential features, 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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