Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-07
000110162
Contested design: 006581245-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered Community design No 65812450006 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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. 65812450006 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
Dado Ceramica s.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Sicilia, 21, San Giovanni in Prisceto (BO) Italia
Represented by
Stefano Querzè
Holder · RCD owner
Italcer S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Emilia Ovest, 53/A, 42048 Rubiera (RE) Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Rock Mosaico Carbone 5x5 tiles
DA2197/105 · Antica Ceramica Rubiera 24 catalogo prodotti, page 128 · disclosed 2012-10-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, and also invoked technical function, relying on the earlier Rock Mosaico Carbone 5x5 tile shown in a 2012 catalog and price list.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the 2012 catalog and price list as sufficient evidence of prior public disclosure under Article 7.
- ›Given broad design freedom for tiles, the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier tile, so it lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld and the Division did not examine the remaining invalidity grounds.
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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