Invalidity · first instance · 2019-02-25
000103839
Contested design: 003850601-0029
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0038506010029 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SC Gold Glass S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Lt. Col. Dumitru Papazoglu, No 60, Bucharest, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Semir Raad Marokivia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
str. Faurei No 5, Bucharest, Romania
Represented by
Claudia Monica Frisch
Prior art cited (2)
glass plate and vintage glassware models allegedly sold on the international market
invoices, delivery orders and import documents involving SC Gold Glass S.r.l. and Pyramid Glass Company S.A.E. · disclosed 2015-11-09
crystal glassware
RCD No 004144525-0005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-08-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested glass plate had long been sold on the market and lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›To prove earlier disclosure, the applicant filed invoices, delivery and import documents, a Pyramid Glass document and RCD No 004144525-0005.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the untranslated French documents inadmissible and the remaining evidence too unclear or too late to prove pre-filing disclosure.
- ›Because no earlier design was validly disclosed before the filing date, the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJose Antonio GARRIDO OTAOLA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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