Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-22
000105899
Contested design: 004181501-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0041815010001 è dichiarato nullo. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla richiedente, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Santero F.lli & C. I.V.A.S.S. S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Cesare Pavese 28, 12058 Santo Stefano Belbo (CN), Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Fratelli Martini Secondo Luigi S.p.A.
Italy (IT)
Via Ugo Foscolo 8, 20121 Milano, Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
wine bottle
RCD No 001089056-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-03-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 001089056-0002 for a wine bottle.
- ›Holder argued the compared bottles differed in rib count, label-panel placement, lower-body profile and other visible features, and invoked a crowded prior-art field.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, rejected the novelty ground because the differences were not immaterial, but found them too minor to alter overall impression.
- ›Given the broad designer freedom for wine bottles, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid in full.
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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