Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-01
000103401
Contested design: 004697357-0024
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; RCD No 004697357-0024 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004697357-0024 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 (3)
Technical drawing dated 06/03/1987 for the Beau Rivage 23.5 cm dish
disclosed 1987-03-06
Beau Rivage 23.5 cm dish from the Beau Rivage collection
Duralex 1999 · Duralex catalogue
Beau Rivage 23.5 cm dish from the Beau Rivage collection
The glassware catalogue 2006 · Duralex catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on its earlier Beau Rivage dish and catalogues showing sales predating the contested RCD.
- ›Holder filed no observations or evidence in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the 1987 technical drawing did not prove public disclosure, but accepted the dated catalogues showing D1 and D2 had been made available before filing.
- ›It held the contested dish almost reproduced D2’s contours and spiral surface pattern; colour tone and rim-wave differences were too minor given broad design freedom.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was invalidated for lack of individual character, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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