Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-21
000102465
Contested design: 004157022-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0041570220001 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
Eugen Ardeleanu
Prior art cited (2)
Printout of a picture said to depict the applicant's packaging
Printouts from the VK social media portal showing the applicant's packaging
VK posts dated 19/12/2014 and 24/10/2014 · VK
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant alleged bad faith and argued that its packaging design had been disclosed since 2013 in trade, exhibitions, publications and on the internet, so the contested RCD lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder replied that the applicant's evidence did not prove when the alleged earlier design had been made available to the public.
- ›The Division held that bad faith is not an admissible ground under Article 25(1) CDR and that the annexes, especially unsupported VK screenshots, did not provide solid and objective proof of disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not proven, the application was rejected without examining novelty or individual character further, and the applicant was ordered to pay 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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