Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-01
000103359
Contested design: 004697357-0021
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
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The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004697357-0021 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Duralex International
France (FR)
7, rue du Petit Bois, 45380 La Chapelle Saint Mesmin, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ștefania-Lăcrămioara Bociuvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Sec 1, Str. Făurei Nr. 5, Bl. C9, Sc. C, Ap. 82, Bucharest, Romania
Represented by
Claudia Monica Frisch
Prior art cited (2)
Beau Rivage cup and saucer in transparent glass
Duralex 1999 · Duralex catalogue
Beau Rivage cup and saucer
The glassware catalogue 2006 · Duralex catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested cup-and-saucer design lacked novelty and individual character because similar Beau Rivage products had been marketed since 1999.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response.
- ›The Division accepted the applicant's dated catalogues as sufficient proof that Beau Rivage designs had been disclosed before filing, but excluded D1 from the merits comparison because its reproduction quality was insufficient.
- ›It found the contested design reproduced the contours and distinctive wavy surface pattern of D2, and that the remaining differences in rim treatment and colour shade did not change the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld on lack of individual character, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
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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