Invalidity · first instance · 2020-06-19
000107820
Contested design: 006477600-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 006477600-0004 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant's costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Aquamix, S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Belani Nr.85, Jud. Covasna, Belani, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Comix system Termelő, Szolgáltató és Kereskedelmi Kft.
Hungary (HU)
Nagymágocs, Szántó Kovács János u. 4., 6622, Hungary
Represented by
Adelina Stanciu
Prior art cited (1)
siphon heads
Hungarian design registration No D1300020-0001 · DesignView database · disclosed 2014-04-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed the contested siphon-head design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier Hungarian design No D1300020-0001 and also relied on an earlier Romanian trade mark.
- ›Holder argued designer freedom was limited, the RCD had not been previously disclosed, its characteristic elements created a different overall impression, and the applicant was abusing its trade mark rights.
- ›The Division accepted DesignView evidence as sufficient disclosure of the earlier Hungarian design and, for procedural economy, assessed invalidity on individual character.
- ›It found the designs shared the same dominant shape and features, while color, branding, and minor added elements did not materially alter the overall impression; the RCD was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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