Invalidity · first instance · 2020-02-18
000106199
Contested design: 006268025-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità del disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0062680250001 è respinta. 2. Il richiedente sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla titolare, fissate a 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Alberto Ciaschinivia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Sardegna 21, 60019 Senigallia, Italia
Represented by
Giovanni Leone
Holder · RCD owner
Calzaturificio Merlyn Shoes Srlsvia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Corso Trieste 130, 81100 Caserta, Italia
Represented by
Nicola Giaccio
Prior art cited (2)
heel for footwear
RCD No 002718460-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-06-23
applicant's web pages showing various women's shoes with cigarette-shaped heels
applicant's web pages
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on an earlier RCD for a shoe heel and alleging the contested design copied a cigarette-shaped heel shown before filing.
- ›Holder denied the factual narrative, argued the designs were materially different in form, decoration, and attachment to the shoe, and requested total rejection of the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, refused to consider late undated additional web-image evidence, and found the applicant's bad-faith argument inadmissible because it is not an Article 25(1) invalidity ground.
- ›On the merits, the Division found the shared cylindrical heel shape was standard, while the contested design's cigarette details, colors, wording, and upper connection created a different overall impression, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJessica LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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