Invalidity · first instance · 2020-08-17
000110561
Contested design: 006887691-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. se estima la solicitud de nulidad. 2. se - declara nulo el modelo comunitario registrado n.º 006887691. 3. la titular sufrague las costas de la solicitante, cuantificadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dispenssing Technologies B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Grasbeemd 1, 5705 DE Helmond, Países Bajos
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Guanbao Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
914 International Cultural Building, Shennan Zhong Road, Futian Street, Futian Distrito de Futian, Shenzhen, República Popular China
Prior art cited (1)
dosing head
RCD No 003142009 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-06-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on its earlier registered Community design for a dosing head disclosed before the contested filing date.
- ›It argued that the spray head was effectively identical and that the bottle body was commonplace, so the contested design copied the earlier overall appearance.
- ›The holder filed no response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its publication in the Community Designs Bulletin and compared the designs as a whole, including the bottle body shown in the earlier registration.
- ›It found the differences minor and held that the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user, so it lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN Bavel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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