Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-01
000103379
Contested design: 004697357-0023
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 004697357-0023 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 bowl in the Beau Rivage glassware collection
Duralex 1999 · Duralex catalogue
Beau Rivage bowl in the Beau Rivage glassware collection
The glassware catalogue 2006 · Duralex catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested bowl lacked novelty and individual character because its Beau Rivage bowls had been marketed since 1987 and submitted a technical drawing and dated catalogues.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest the applicant's evidence or arguments.
- ›The Division accepted the catalogues as proof that the Beau Rivage bowl designs were disclosed before the filing date, but excluded D1 from the merits comparison because its reproduction was too poor to show all essential features.
- ›Comparing the contested RCD with D2, the Division found the same contours and a very similar spiral surface pattern; minor differences in rim waves and colour shade did not alter the overall impression, so the design lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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