Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-10
000102419
Contested design: 003380799-0001
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 003380799-0001 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 A/S
Denmark (DK)
Mosevej 9, P.O. Box 149, Næstved, 4700 Denmark
Represented by
Rasmus Stub
Holder · RCD owner
Peter Dueholm
Denmark (DK)
Tjørnevej 55, 4684 Holmegaard, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
bag design shown in the 'dp danmark' 2013 sales catalogue
dp danmark
bag designs shown in the 'dp danmark' 2015 sales catalogue
dp danmark
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on bag designs disclosed in its 2013 and 2015 catalogues.
- ›The holder argued the applicant, as licensee, could not attack the design and said the contested paper bag differed in handle, windows, side pieces and materials.
- ›The Division held any person may file this invalidity action, found the 2013 catalogue design was publicly disclosed before filing, and rejected the novelty claim because the differences were not immaterial.
- ›Because the similarities outweighed the minor differences for an informed user and designer freedom was high, the RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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