Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-23
000108482
Contested design: 004375525-0012
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0043755250012 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 (1)
jar
http://www.sks-bottle.com; captured via https://archive.org on 2015-03-31 · sks-bottle.com / Internet Archive · disclosed 2015-03-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the jar lacked novelty and individual character because square glass jars with round threaded necks were already disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›Holder disputed disclosure, claimed the market was saturated and designer freedom constrained, and argued the contested jar’s rounded sides and shape created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive webpage capture as sufficient disclosure and found the prior design adequately represented for comparison.
- ›The Division found designer freedom remained meaningful in the jar’s overall shape and that minor differences in proportions and lid thickness did not change the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character over the prior disclosed jar; novelty was not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
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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