Invalidity · first instance · 2019-05-14
000011007
Contested design: 002057620-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 002057620-0006 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
Widmann S.r.l.
Italy (IT)
Viale dell’Industria 3/C, 20020 Busto Garolfo (MI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Worldwide Dynasty Inc.
United States (US)
20630, Superior Street, Chatsworth, California 91311, United States of America
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
'Sunstache' glasses with a moustache pendant advertised for sale through Urban Outfitters
www.mimiandchichi.com · Mimi & Chichi blog · disclosed 2011-12-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier disclosures of glasses with a moustache pendant, including a 6 December 2011 blog post.
- ›Holder argued the contested design had to be assessed as a costume mask as a whole, challenged the reliability and EU visibility of the internet evidence, and invoked the Article 7(2) grace period.
- ›The Division found the internet evidence sufficiently proved prior disclosure, and the holder did not substantiate that the disclosure was its own protected grace-period disclosure or unknown to specialised EU circles.
- ›Given the broad design freedom and the close match in the glasses-and-moustache configuration, the contested design produced the same overall impression and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberMichelle DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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