Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-22
000108742
Contested design: 006301891-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered Community design No 006301891-0005 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l'encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 006301891-0005 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais exposés par la titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Saverglassvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
3, Rue de la Gare, 60960 Feuquières, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Discovia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Avenue des Tortulas, 16100 Merpins, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
bottle for household use
RCD No 001338115-0008 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2012-08-22
MINGEI model shown on the Vetroelite website
http://www.vetroelite.com · vetroelite.com
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 001338115-0008, arguing the shared bottle shape created the same overall impression.
- ›The holder disputed use of additional website views for novelty, emphasized multiple differences in the neck, shoulders, ring, body and base, and argued the contested design remained new and individual.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, but found the registered designs differed in more than insignificant details, so novelty was not destroyed.
- ›The Division held the common features were standard for bottles or carafes, the differing specific features created a clearly different overall impression, and the invalidity application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica Norma LEWIS
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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