Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-21
000109223
Contested design: 006427399-0002
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(fr)
1. La demande en nullité est accueillie. 2. Ledessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré no 006427399-0002 est déclaré nul. 3. La titulaire supporte les frais de la demanderesse, fixés à 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Crocs, Inc.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
7477 East Dry Creek Parkway, Niwot, Colorado 80503, États-Unis d’Amérique
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jia Weivia PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Tiskařská 599/12, 10800 Praha 10, République tchèque
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
clog shoe design
002602243-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-01-05
clog shoe design
002981431-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-02-22
clog shoe design
004540557-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-12-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity based on three earlier RCDs, arguing the contested clog design lacked novelty and, in the alternative, individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found D1 had been validly disclosed and that the contested design was not identical to it, so the novelty claim failed.
- ›Because the shared arbitrary features dominated the overall impression and designer freedom was high, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca Santana Davies
- MemberALVARO SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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