Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-01
000103439
Contested design: 004697357-0029
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 004697357-0029 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004697357-0029 is declared invalid.
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 (4)
Technical drawing of the applicant's 'Beau Rivage' 25 cl glass.
disclosed 1996-10-29
Glass from the 'Beau Rivage' collection shown in the applicant's 'Duralex 1999' catalogue.
Duralex 1999 catalogue
Glass from the 'Beau Rivage' collection shown in the applicant's 'The glassware catalogue 2006'.
The glassware catalogue 2006
Glass from the 'Beau Rivage' collection shown in the applicant's 'Les collections 2012' catalogue.
Les collections 2012
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested glass lacked novelty and individual character because its Beau Rivage glass had been marketed since 1987 and was shown in earlier catalogues.
- ›The holder filed no observations or evidence in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the catalogues D1 to D3 as public disclosures before the filing date, but treated the technical drawing as proof of existence rather than public disclosure.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom for glasses, the contested design reproduced the prior glass's contours and surface pattern and created no different overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid 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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