Invalidity · first instance · 2018-10-29
000101939
Contested design: 003455336-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0034553360001 è dichiarato nullo. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dal richiedente, fissate a 400 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Simone Mora
Italy (IT)
Strada Bergamina 59, 43126 Parma, Italia
Holder · RCD owner
Ferrari Gioielli di Ferrari Ginovia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Vecchia Ferriera 70, 36100 Vicenza, Italia
Prior art cited (4)
Image of a bracelet design (Raquel Tassel Bangle) from the public Instagram profile martefrisnesjewellery
https://www.instagram.com/p/5wyA4RCqXG/?taken-by=martefrisnesjewellery · Instagram · disclosed 2015-07-30
Image of a bracelet design (Raquel Tassel Bangle) from the public Instagram profile martefrisnesjewellery
https://www.instagram.com/p/6o7adqiqfu/?taken-by=martefrisnesjewellery · Instagram · disclosed 2015-08-21
Image of a bracelet design (Raquel Tassel Bangle) from the public Instagram profile martefrisnesjewellery
https://www.instagram.com/p/BA9LTuDiqXE/?taken-by=martefrisnesjewellery · Instagram · disclosed 2016-01-25
Image of a bracelet design (Raquel Tassel Bangle) from the public Instagram profile martefrisnesjewellery
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHbrmclBwL6/?taken-by=martefrisnesjewellery · Instagram · disclosed 2016-07-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier online disclosures of the Raquel Tassel Bangle bracelet.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the public Instagram posts sufficiently proved disclosure before 9 November 2016 and rejected any grace-period protection under Article 7(2).
- ›It held the differences in pompon colours and bracelet ends were insufficient to create a different overall impression, so novelty failed only in part of the analysis but individual character was absent.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJessica Norma LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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