Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-16
000103959
Contested design: 003562982-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003562982-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zakłady Mięsne Silesiavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Opolska 22, 40-084 Katowice, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Grzegorz Wojdak
Poland (PL)
Izabelińska 23a, 05-126 Aleksandrów, Poland
Prior art cited (5)
Smoked sausage
Polish industrial design No Wp-7413 · Patent Office of the Republic of Poland industrial design publication · disclosed 2005-04-29
Czas na grill trade mark showing a sausage design
Polish trade mark No R-289583 · Patent Office of the Republic of Poland trade mark register · disclosed 2015-02-05
Grill star trade mark showing a sausage design
Polish trade mark No R-141412 · Patent Office of the Republic of Poland trade mark register · disclosed 1999-05-25
Article “Grill season is open” showing several sausage designs
www.expressilustrowany.pl · expressilustrowany.pl · disclosed 2015-05-02
Article “Grill sausage” showing a sausage image
http://kotlet.tv · kotlet.tv
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over a Polish industrial design, two Polish trade marks, and two online disclosures showing sausages with cuts or grill markings.
- ›The holder contested disclosure and authenticity of the cited materials, argued the earlier signs did not show the same sausage features, and said the internet evidence did not clearly prove publication.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure only for Polish industrial design Wp-7413 and trade mark R-289583, rejecting the other trade mark for poor image quality and the website printouts for insufficient identification or unreliable dating.
- ›Comparing the contested sausage with D1 and D2, the Division found clear differences in thickness, curvature, and the number, shape and extent of cuts or grill marks, so the contested RCD retained individual character.
- ›The application was therefore rejected and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder’s costs, although no representation costs were incurred.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
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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