Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-17
000111361
Contested design: 007012729-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007012729-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Crocs, Inc.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
13601 Via Varra, Broomfield Colorado 80020, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
FLAMEshoes, s.r.o.
SK
Kružlov 292, 08604 Kružlov, Slovakia
Prior art cited (1)
clog-shaped shoes / mules, water shoes
RCD No 003949015-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-05-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty or at least individual character based on an earlier published RCD showing the same clog design.
- ›Holder did not contest the design comparison on the merits and instead asked for suspension pending Court of Justice case C-320/18 P.
- ›The Division rejected suspension, found publication of the earlier RCD sufficient disclosure under Article 7 CDR, and accepted the Office database extracts as proof.
- ›Direct comparison showed no differences beyond immaterial details, so the contested design was not new under Article 5 CDR.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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