Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-17
000108311
Contested design: 003850601-0028
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0038506010028 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SC Gold Glass SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Lt. Col. Dumitru Papazoglu, Nr. 60, Et. 2, Ap. 10, Sector 3 Romania, 031203 Bucharest, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Semir Raad Marokivia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
str. Faurei nr. 5, bloc C9, sc. C, ap. 82, Bucharest, Romania
Represented by
Claudia Monica Frisch
Prior art cited (1)
bowl, product no 898
http://goldglass.ro · goldglass.ro · disclosed 2016-02-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing its bowl had been marketed since 2011 and disclosed on its own and third-party websites.
- ›Holder argued the filing lacked admissible proof of prior disclosure and that the cited internet links were insufficient, so the application should fail.
- ›The Division treated the filing as admissible after the applicant cured the deficiency, but found the untranslated self-generated webpage and bare URLs insufficient to prove disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not proven, the facts and evidence did not support the invalidity ground, so the application was rejected and costs awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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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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