Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-07
000108464
Contested design: 006609707-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 0066097070001. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Herran Import S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
calle Villablino 17 local 76, (Fuenlabrada), 28497 Madrid, España
Represented by
Lorgia Alfonso Parodi
Holder · RCD owner
Zodix Import S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
calle Repiaix, s/n, 17451 Sant Feliu de Buixalleu, España
Represented by
Carlos Javier Capdevila Sánchez
Prior art cited (1)
cartulina para blíster
design no 0525536-1 · Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR, arguing the contested blister-pack design conflicted with earlier Spanish design D1 and lacked a different overall impression.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application or the evidence for D1.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as an earlier published Spanish registered design and found broad designer freedom for the cardboard backing despite product constraints.
- ›It held that shared yellow-black colour layout, separator line, and near-rectangular format dominated minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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