Invalidity · first instance · 2019-05-29
000010703
Contested design: 002839639-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against Registered Community design No 002839639-0004 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 002839639-0004 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Massimo Belloni
Italy (IT)
Via Abate d'Adda 77, 20043 Arcore (Mi), Italien
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jelenia Plast sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Spoldzielcza 47, 58 500 Jelenia Gora, Polen
Prior art cited (4)
older storage-container design compared against the contested design
older storage-container design compared against the contested design
older storage-container design compared against the contested design
older storage-container design compared against the contested design
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier DragonBox and DodoFlat storage-container designs, and also alleged unauthorized use of a work protected by Italian copyright.
- ›The holder denied that the cited earlier designs produced the same overall impression and disputed that the applicant had established any enforceable copyright in the claimed work.
- ›The Division accepted only part of the applicant's disclosure evidence and found the compared earlier designs had smoother walls and materially different surface structure from the contested design's wave pattern, so novelty and individual character were not defeated.
- ›The copyright ground also failed because the applicant did not substantiate the content and application of the invoked Italian law sufficiently.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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