Invalidity · first instance · 2019-02-25
000011140
Contested design: 001819558-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0018195580002 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dovgan GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Zinkhüttenweg 6, 22113 Hamburg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Gamma-A Siavia PDF extraction
LV
Meža iela 4a, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
packaging for sprats in a glass jar labelled "Sprotai"
email from UAB Provit Industrija
"Memel Sprotten" packaging in a 250 g glass jar
sample handover, sales offers, and website printout
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over unregistered designs D1 and D2 and argued that the jar features were solely technically dictated.
- ›Holder disputed any proven pre-filing public disclosure, argued the packaging was not purely functional, and also challenged the authority of the signatory to the application.
- ›The Division held that the affidavits, internal emails, contractual addendum, customer offers, and website printout did not objectively prove public disclosure of D1 or D2 before the RCD filing date.
- ›Because no earlier design was proven disclosed under Article 7 CDR, the invalidity grounds failed and the application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJose Antonio GARRIDO OTAOLA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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