Invalidity · first instance · 2019-12-23
000105464
Contested design: 002724369-0001
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 002724369-0001 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
Consortium Menager Parisienvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
12 rue des Gravilliers, 75003 Paris, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
SNV Creations Inc.
CA
1600 d’Iberville, St. Bruno J3V 4L7, Canada
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
scissors
RCD No 001841669-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2011-04-05
scissors
US D484,378 S · United States Patent Database / USPTO Official Gazette · disclosed 2003-12-30
shellfish cutting and eating utensils
US 6,503,137 B2 · United States Patent Database · disclosed 2003-01-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity, arguing the shellfish-scissors design lacked individual character over D1-D3 and that its essential appearance features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder argued the application was inadmissible, disclosure of the prior designs was unproven, features from multiple earlier designs could not be combined, and Article 8(1) did not invalidate the whole design.
- ›The Division held D1-D3 were properly disclosed, but the applicant proved at most that the hooked blade mainly served a technical purpose, not that all essential features were solely functional.
- ›Comparing each prior design as a whole, the Division found the contested RCD's asymmetry, flowing contour, thicker handles, and toothed middle part created a different overall impression, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
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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