Invalidity · first instance · 2019-06-04
000102159
Contested design: 002334607-0003
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 002334607-0003 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
TAGO Przedsiębiorstwo Przemysłu Cukierniczego Tadeusz Gołębiewski
Poland (PL)
Ciemne ul. Wołomińska 125, 05-250 Radzymin, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dr Gerard Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Poznańska 129/133, 05-850 Ożarów Mazowiecki, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
wafer rolls ('rurka zebra')
MPT Łakoć · MPT Łakoć catalogue · disclosed 2012-05-17
wafer rolls ('rurka zebra')
MPT Łakoć · MPT Łakoć catalogue · disclosed 2012-04-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that earlier catalogues and promotional materials showing ZEBRA wafer rolls destroyed the contested design's novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder disputed public availability of the catalogues and challenged the legibility and reliability of the catalogue and internet evidence.
- ›The Division accepted catalogue evidence A5 and A6 as credible public disclosures before the filing date and found no contrary evidence from the holder.
- ›The contested design was identical to the prior wafer-roll design apart from an immaterial stripe direction difference, so it lacked novelty and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
Decision files
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| 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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