Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-19
000102461
Contested design: 003851252-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003851252-0004 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Tri Star Ltd
UA
Polevaya str. 5, Cherniakhovka village, Kirovograd region, Cherniakhovka, Ukraine
Holder · RCD owner
Ionel-Alin Nitavia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Sos. Oltenitei, 133, bl.55 sc. 1, ap. 4, Bucuresti, Romania
Represented by
Ruxandra Raluca Ardeleanu
Prior art cited (4)
printout showing small images of the applicant's confectionery packaging products
gieldaspozywcza.pl · website gieldaspozywcza.pl · disclosed 2013-03-31
website article excerpts about fairs and exhibitions showing the applicant's products
various websites
social media printouts showing the applicant's packaging as used in trade
VK · VK social media portal · disclosed 2015-03-05
social media printouts containing images of the applicant's packaging
www.facebook.com · Facebook · disclosed 2015-11-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for bad faith and for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier confectionery packaging disclosed since 2013 in trade, exhibitions, websites, VK, and Facebook.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division held bad faith inadmissible because it is not an Article 25(1) invalidity ground.
- ›The Division found the annexes did not objectively prove prior disclosure under Article 7(1) because the images were unclear, dates and circumstances were unsupported, and social media posts lacked corroboration.
- ›The application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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