Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-23
000108781
Contested design: 006301891-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application 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 006301891-0001 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
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France (FR)
3 Rue de la Gare, 60960 Feuquières, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
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France (FR)
Avenue des Tortulas, 16100 Merpins, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
carafe design
RCD No 001011191-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-10-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant relied on earlier RCD No 001011191-0001 and argued the contested carafe lacked novelty and individual character because the designs shared the same essential aesthetic features.
- ›The holder replied that the applicant described only broad similarities and that the contested design differed in the body, shoulders, ring, neck, base, and proportions, producing a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was properly disclosed, but the compared designs were not identical and their differences were more than insignificant details, so novelty was not destroyed.
- ›The Division also held that the creator had some freedom for carafes and that the visible differences in proportions, shoulders, neck, ring, side walls, and base gave the contested design a distinct overall impression; the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica 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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