Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-18
000011059
Contested design: 002437178-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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. 0024371780003 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
Essity Operations Francevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Boulevard Victor Hugo 151-161, 93400 Saint Ouen, Francia
Holder · RCD owner
Sofidel S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via di Lucia 23, 55016 Porcari (LU), Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
ornament for toilet paper
RCD No 000280342-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2007-06-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and, alternatively, lack of individual character over earlier RCD D1 for paper-product ornamentation.
- ›The holder argued the designs differed in the central motif, background texture, and orientation, and that the informed user would notice those differences.
- ›The Division found D1 was validly disclosed and that the differences defeated identity, so the novelty ground failed.
- ›The Division held those differences were too slight to change the overall impression given the designer's broad freedom, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberJose Antonio GARRIDO OTAOLA
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJessica LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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