Invalidity · first instance · 2019-07-15
000011236
Contested design: 002705236-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0027052360002 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Karla Colletto Swimwear Inc
United States (US)
319-D Mill St. NE, Vienna, Virginia 22180, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Lisa Marie Fernandez, LLC
United States (US)
255 Hudson Street, Apartment 4a, New York, New York 10013, United States of America
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Jantzen swimwear
McCall's, May 1960 · McCall's magazine
Vintage Style Pin Up Black & White Color Black Ruffled Off The Shoulder swimsuit
www.unique-vintage.com/ · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2015-05-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over two earlier off-the-shoulder swimsuit designs, D1 and D2.
- ›The holder argued the prior disclosures were unproven or unclear and that the compared swimsuits created different overall impressions.
- ›The Division rejected D2 as insufficiently depicted, but accepted D1 as publicly disclosed through the May 1960 McCall's magazine.
- ›Despite some shared features, visible differences in the neckline, ruffle, vertical lines, leg openings, and missing rear view meant the contested design had individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberGaile SAKALAITÉ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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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