Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-10
000102400
Contested design: 004558070-0001
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.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004558070-0001 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
DP Danmark ApS
Denmark (DK)
Mosevej 9, Næstved, 4700, Denmark
Represented by
Rasmus Stub
Holder · RCD owner
Peter Dueholm
Denmark (DK)
Tjørnevej 55, 4684 Holmegaard, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
bag design shown in the 2015 sales catalogue “dp danmark”
dp danmark sales catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier bag designs disclosed in its dp danmark catalogues before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder argued the applicant lacked standing as a licensee and maintained the contested design differed through its paper material, three-dimensional windows, handle, and side pieces.
- ›The Invalidity Division held any person may invoke Article 25(1)(b) CDR, found the 2015 catalogue design disclosed before filing, and rejected novelty but accepted lack of individual character.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design produced the same overall impression as the earlier catalogue design; the RCD was declared invalid and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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