Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-21
000102462
Contested design: 003851252-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003851252-0005 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)
Website printout with small images of the applicant's packaging products.
gieldaspozywcza.pl · gieldaspozywcza.pl
Website article excerpts about fairs and exhibitions showing the applicant's products.
Various websites referring to fairs and exhibitions in Ukraine and Germany
VK social media printouts showing the applicant's packaging as used in trade.
VK · VK
Facebook printouts with images of the applicant's packaging.
www.facebook.com · Facebook · disclosed 2015-11-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the holder registered the contested packaging design in bad faith after a business relationship and that earlier disclosures since 2013 destroyed novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division held bad faith is not an available invalidity ground under Article 25(1) CDR and found the annexes did not objectively prove a prior design disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not established, the Division did not assess novelty or individual character further and rejected the application.
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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