Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-23
000108463
Contested design: 004375525-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0043755250002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
‘Sladak Med’ EOODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
18, ‘Sv. Kiril i Metodii’ Str., Office 9, 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria
Represented by
Ivanka Pakidanska
Holder · RCD owner
Олинеза Премиум ООДvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
ул. ‘София’ 9, 2230 Костинброд, Bulgaria
Represented by
Kostadin Manev
Prior art cited (3)
search results showing holder-branded canned food products in square jars
Google image search for 'олинеза' limited to before 31/08/2016 · Google Images
article with image of two holder-branded square chutney jars
http://www.conservatsia.ru · conservatsia.ru · disclosed 2016-03-09
offer for holder-branded chutney in a square jar
https://www.mestoskidki.ru · mestoskidki.ru · disclosed 2015-09-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the jar lacked novelty and individual character because holder-branded square jars had already been disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder disputed reliable disclosure, claimed the prior images were insufficient for comparison, and argued market saturation and technical constraints made small shape differences decisive.
- ›The Division accepted the two Russian website disclosures, rejected the Google image search as proof of disclosure, and found no evidence that the sector was crowded enough to change the informed user’s perception.
- ›Comparing the contested jar with the accepted prior design, the Division found the overall impressions the same and invalidated the RCD for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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| 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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