Invalidity · first instance · 2019-05-22
000103599
Contested design: 004680122-0001
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.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004680122-0001 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
Adam Graham
United Kingdom (GB)
54 Richmond Green, Carlisle, CA2 6SZ, United Kingdom
Represented by
Daniel Kurdubski
Holder · RCD owner
UAB 'Mandatus'via PDF extraction
LT
Algirdo Str. 10-15, 03220 Vilnius, Lithuania
Prior art cited (1)
candles in the shape of a realistic human hand with two fingers extended
https://www.facebook.com; https://web.archive.org/web/20150925204816/https://candlehand.com/ · Facebook and Internet Archive · disclosed 2015-02-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier online disclosures of the same candle before 25 January 2017.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook posts and archived website as sufficient Article 7 disclosure of the earlier hand-shaped candle design.
- ›The Division was not satisfied the designs were identical for novelty, but found the colour and extra views insufficient to create a different overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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| 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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