Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-25
000010915
Contested design: 004068112-0005
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 004068112-0005 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 drinking glass with fish-scale pattern decoration
RCD No 003850601-0015 · 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 003850601-0015, published before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder argued that the applicant had marketed the product for years, should not obtain a monopoly over a water glass, and that the earlier design itself should be invalidated.
- ›The Division held that publication of the earlier RCD in the Office bulletin proved disclosure and that the compared glasses were identical in shape and fish-scale decoration.
- ›The application was upheld on lack of novelty under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 5, so Article 6 did not need further examination.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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