Invalidity · first instance · 2018-10-25
000010130
Contested design: 000141999-0008
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 000141999-0008 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Avery Zweckform GmbH
Germany (DE)
Miesbacher Straße 5, 83626 Oberlaindem/Valley, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sanford, L.P.
United States (US)
6655 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30328 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the label-roll design lacked novelty and individual character, several visible features were solely technically dictated, and the registration improperly showed the product in three different ways.
- ›The holder disputed all grounds and argued that alternative technical solutions existed and that features such as the colours, holes and print marks also reflected visual design choices.
- ›The Division found the representation consistently showed one product and that the applicant failed to prove all contested features were exclusively dictated by technical function.
- ›It also held the annexes did not prove disclosure of specific comparable earlier designs under Article 7, so the Article 5 and 6 challenge failed and the invalidity application was rejected with costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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