Invalidity · first instance · 2019-07-15
000011237
Contested design: 002705236-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0027052360001 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)
Yves Saint Laurent Ruffled Off-The-Shoulder Bikini swimwear design
www.neimanmarcus.com-vintage.com / fullclutch.com · Internet Archive Wayback Machine and fullclutch.com · disclosed 2012-01-09
Carolina Herrera spring 2014 runway-show bikini design
www.nydailynews.com · NY Daily News website · disclosed 2013-09-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over two earlier off-the-shoulder bikini designs disclosed online before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder disputed that either prior design had been validly disclosed in time and argued that the compared swimwear designs created different overall impressions.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 based on the Wayback Machine and corroborating website evidence, but rejected D2 because the screenshot and late schedule evidence did not reliably prove disclosure.
- ›Comparing the contested design only with D1, the Division found visible differences in the top edge, briefs shape, connecting band and seams, so the RCD retained 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
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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