Invalidity · first instance · 2019-05-20
000101860
Contested design: 003817386-0001
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 003817386-0001 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
Ayano Holland B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Franse Akker 25, Breda 4824, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sandbar AP Limited
United Kingdom (GB)
The Glasshouse, Highfields Business Park, Kneesworth, SG8 5JT, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
whisky nosing glass
RCD 000753942-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-04-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the contested whisky glass was identical to earlier RCD D1.
- ›Holder argued it had created and sold the design for years and that the contested glass differed clearly from D1 despite limited design freedom.
- ›The Division accepted publication of earlier RCD 000753942-0001 in the Community Designs Bulletin as sufficient disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The Division found the designs identical under Article 5 CDR, upheld the application, and ordered the holder to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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