Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-20
000106200
Contested design: 005657590-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 005657590-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Saverglass
France (FR)
3, Rue de la Gare, 60960 Feuquieres, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dijkstra Vereenigde B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Pascallaan 9, 8218NJ Lelystad, Netherlands
Represented by
Richard den Rooijen
Prior art cited (2)
bottle
RCD No 000137997-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2004-06-15
NEOS bottle
SAVERGLASS catalogue, 'SPIRITUEUX SPIRIT COLLECTION', page 51 · SAVERGLASS catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for a bottle design, alleging lack of novelty and individual character over earlier bottle disclosures.
- ›It relied on earlier RCD No 000137997-0001 and a SAVERGLASS catalogue showing the marketed NEOS bottle.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found broad design freedom for bottles and held the stopper, colour, and slight contour differences did not change the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- 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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