Invalidity · first instance · 2020-02-27
000109081
Contested design: 006335642-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0063356420004 è dichiarato nullo. Il titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dal richiedente, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mou Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
32 Woodstock Grove, W12 8LE Londra, Regno Unito
Represented by
Luca Guidobaldi
Holder · RCD owner
Maros S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via P. Togliatti, 27, 50008 Signa (FI) Italia
Prior art cited (1)
ankle boot model shown in the applicant's 2017-2018 catalog with visible stitching and decorative stones
applicant catalog 2017-2018
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier boot designs and a 2017-2018 catalog showing prior models with the same visible stitching and decorative front stones.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant's evidence of disclosure or the substantive invalidity arguments.
- ›The Division accepted public disclosure of the catalogued prior designs before 26/03/2019, rejected the novelty ground because differences were not negligible, but found the shared features decisive for overall impression.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom for ankle boots, the contested design reproduced the arbitrary features of the prior design closely enough to lack individual character, so the application was upheld.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJessica LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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