Invalidity · first instance · 2018-11-13
000010759
Contested design: 003826130-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; the registered Community design No. 0038261300001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0038261300001 è dichiarato nullo. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla richiedente, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Global Mikavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Sportowa 13, 63-004 Tulce, Polonia
Represented by
Jerzy Luczak
Holder · RCD owner
Giordano Poultry Plast S.p.A.
Italy (IT)
Via Bernezzo 47, 11023 Caraglio (Cuneo), Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
egg container
French design No. 71289-0001 · French design bulletin · disclosed 1963-02-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on earlier French design D1 for egg containers.
- ›The holder argued the contested egg tray differed in the size and shape of its cells and projections and therefore remained new and individually distinctive.
- ›The Division found D1 had been validly disclosed before the filing date and held that the contested design was not identical to D1, so the novelty ground failed.
- ›The Division concluded the shared square tray structure with rows of egg cells created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJose Antonio GARRIDO OTAOLA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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