Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-18
000108025
Contested design: 005622008-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 005622008-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Işik Tarim Ürünleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketivia PDF extraction
Türkiye (TR)
75. Yil Cumhuriyet Mahallesi Ova Sokak No:9 Ören, Kemalpasa Izmir 35733, Turkey
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sda Gida Tarim Üretim Ithalat Ihracat Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketivia PDF extraction
Türkiye (TR)
Organize Sanayi Bölgesi 1299. Cad. No: 5, Turgutlu / Manisa, Turkey
Represented by
Carlos Hernández Hernández
Prior art cited (1)
cheese packaging / food container with peel-off lid
http://www.sek.com.tr; Internet Archive capture 2017-09-23 · Internet Archive / sek.com.tr · disclosed 2017-09-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on a Turkish producer website preserved by the Internet Archive before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the earlier disclosure would not reasonably become known to specialised EU circles and that differences in depth, edges and lid tab created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found the archived website sufficiently proved prior disclosure and held the holder had not shown that the Turkish market disclosure could not reasonably become known in the EU.
- ›Given broad designer freedom and the close similarity in overall shape, lid contour and tab, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- 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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