Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-28
000104819
Contested design: 003866516-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003866516-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Abasic S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Passeo Mare Nostrum, 15, 08039 Barcelona, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Puma SEvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Puma Way 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, Germany
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 3(a), arguing that the seven views contained multiple inconsistencies and showed more than one design.
- ›The holder argued the differences were due to perspective, permissible omission of elements in some views, or immaterial variations, and referred to an infringement injunction decision as Annex 1.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted that some alleged differences were explainable, but found the rear-shoe views contained unexplained inconsistencies in notches and decorative lines requiring subjective interpretation.
- ›Because the representations did not clearly identify a single unitary design, the RCD failed to meet Article 3(a); the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- 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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