Invalidity · first instance · 2020-02-10
000102699
Contested design: 001753104-0002
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.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 17531040002 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
Olvi Oyjvia PDF extraction
Finland (FI)
PL 16, 74101 Iisalmi, Finland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Oy Hartwall Ab
Finland (FI)
Hiomotie 32, 00380 Helsinki, Finland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Bonaqua Still water bottle
Coca-Cola Finland release; NIKI magazine; Finnish brewery letter and price list
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character and also invoked technical-function arguments, relying on earlier Bonaqua bottle disclosures.
- ›Holder challenged the certainty and clarity of the prior disclosures and argued the bottle's overall impression and aesthetic choices differed.
- ›The Division accepted the disclosure evidence for D1 under Article 7 and found the compared bottles shared the same key rounded and narrowed shape composition.
- ›Because the differences were minor despite broad design freedom, the contested RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichelle M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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