Invalidity · first instance · 2019-07-15
000011238
Contested design: 002705236-0003
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 0027052360003 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)
swimwear design shown in a website screenshot
www.mouille.co.uk · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2015-03-17
swimwear design shown in a website screenshot
www.mouille.co.uk · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2015-03-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested swimwear design lacked novelty and individual character over two earlier Mouille website disclosures, D1 and D2.
- ›The holder challenged proof of prior disclosure and argued that the compared swimwear designs differed enough to create a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Wayback Machine screenshots as reliable proof that D1 and D2 were publicly available by 17 March 2015.
- ›The Division found visible differences in the top, seams, briefs, and rear view sufficient to preserve individual character, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberGaile SAKALAITĖ
- 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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