Invalidity · first instance · 2019-01-28
000011251
Contested design: 001314777-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered Community design No 0013147770002 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l'encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 0013147770002 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais exposés par le titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Cristalpack S.r.l.
Italy (IT)
Strada della Mandria 4, 10030 Rondissone, Italie
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guy Vanhoutte
Belgium (BE)
Hazenveld 2, 1600 Oudenaken, Belgique
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
plastic packaging boxes
RCD No 000954862-0002 · Bulletin des dessins ou modèles communautaires · disclosed 2008-10-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 000954862-0002 for plastic packaging boxes.
- ›The holder argued the contested packaging box differed through visible press studs, diagonal side closure, grooved inner wall, outer diagonal tabs, and a domed lid.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD but found the cited differences were not insignificant and created a different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Articles 5 and 6 failed, so the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica Norma LEWIS
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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