Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-08
000105502
Contested design: 004667947-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 004667947-0002 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
Sytyte Oy
Finland (FI)
Ruukintie 9, 0330 Pinjainen, Finland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nike Innovate C.V.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
One Bowerman Drive, Beaverton, Oregon 97005-6453, United States of America
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
football design with interlocking rounded triangular shapes
RCD No 002991315-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-09-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 002991315-0001 for a football design.
- ›The holder argued the prior art for football triad arrangements was crowded, so minor differences mattered, and submitted US registrations and undated football images.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its Community Designs Bulletin publication but found the holder had not proved a crowded design corpus.
- ›The Division found the contested ball's ornamentation, visible panels and multiple views created a different overall impression, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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