Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-29
000108841
Contested design: 003562982-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003562982-0004 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Weindich s.j.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Adamieckiego 8, 41503 Chorzów, Poland
Represented by
Arkadiusz Michalak
Holder · RCD owner
Grzegorz Wojdak
Poland (PL)
Izabelińska 23a, 05-126 Aleksandrów, Poland
Prior art cited (8)
photo of a sausage
Instagram post of Anna Mucha · Instagram · disclosed 2015-06-06
beer sausages from barbeque recipe image
https://kuchnialidla.pl/ · kuchnialidla.pl / Google search results · disclosed 2013-06-10
sausage on grill in aromatic marinade
https://e-przepisykulinarne.pl/2015/05/kielbasa-na-grilla-w-prostej-aromatycznej-marynacie/ · e-przepisykulinarne.pl · disclosed 2015-08-15
archived webpage image of sausage
www.pychotka.pl · pychotka.pl / web archive · disclosed 2015-08-05
sausage with onion image
https://gotujmy.pl/kielbasa-na-goraco-z-cebula · gotujmy.pl · disclosed 2011-09-06
cookbook extract showing a sausage design
cookbook presented on the internet
internet publication showing a sausage design
internet publication · disclosed 2014-05-16
2013 cookbook showing a sausage design
cookbook
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant alleged lack of novelty and individual character over earlier sausage designs disclosed online and in cookbook-related materials before 1 January 2017.
- ›Holder argued the cited images showed cooked products with altered features, incomplete views, and unreliable disclosure dates.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure for D1-D8 but rejected additional unnamed web items and the YouTube reference as insufficiently proven under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It found the cited sausages differed in size, curvature, and cuts or grill marks, so the contested RCD remained novel over D1-D2 and had individual character over D3-D8.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
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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