Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-28
000107879
Contested design: 006371399-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 0063713990002. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Colom Bakery Equipment, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Avenida Enrique Gimeno, 100, 12006 Castellón, España
Represented by
Ana Otero Iglesias
Holder · RCD owner
Corte, Soldadura y Mecanizados S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Camino Els Lladres, 4, 12550 Almazora (Castellón), España
Represented by
Prior art cited (5)
earlier band-rounding bread machine (heñidora de bandas) marketed by CIBERPAN/CIBERNÉTICA PARA LA PANIFICACIÓN
PANORAMA PANADERO nos. 428 and 429; PASTRY REVOLUTION Jan-Feb 2015; YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRtTrC-D_q · PANORAMA PANADERO / PASTRY REVOLUTION / YouTube
FORMEX webpage showing bread-forming machines, including an alleged earlier band rounder
https://www.formex.es/panaderiapasteleria/panificadoras/ · FORMEX website
BONGARD band-rounder webpages
www.bongard.es/bongard.es/henidoras/henidora-de-bandasblp_219_62_266_0_1_in.html · BONGARD website
CSM/Instalpan webpage showing dough rounders and band rounders
www.csminstalpan.com · CSM Instalpan website
PABIALPA dough rounder webpage
www.pabialpa.com/es/productes/henidoras_de_masa.htm · PABIALPA website
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the contested bread band-rounder had been marketed for years and was anticipated by earlier CIBERPAN machines and other market disclosures.
- ›The holder maintained the RCD was new and had individual character, challenged the quality and lawfulness of several annexes, and argued witness statements from linked persons had little probative value.
- ›The Division held only Annexes 7 to 10 sufficiently proved prior disclosure of one earlier machine; most other annexes were undated, vague, unratified, late-filed, or otherwise of low probative value.
- ›Although novelty was not destroyed, the accepted earlier machine created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila Čelišová
- MemberAlvaro Sesma
- MemberMichele M. Benedetti-Aloisi
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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