Invalidity · first instance · 2020-11-05
000109062
Contested design: 003850601-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested registered Community design is declared invalid; the holder must pay the applicant's costs of EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. se estima la solicitud de nulidad. 2. se-declara nulo el modelo comunitario registrado n.º 003850601. 3. la titular sufrague las costas de la solicitante, cuantificadas en 350 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SC Gold Glass SRL
Romania (RO)
Str.Lt.Col. Dumitru Papazoglu, Nr. 60, et.2, Ap.10, sector 3, 031203 Bucarest, Rumanía
Holder · RCD owner
Semir Examen Maroki
Romania (RO)
str.Faurei nr. 5, bloc C9, sc.C, jabones.82, Bucuresti, Rumanía
Represented by
Claudia Monica Frisch
Prior art cited (1)
Tulip glass plate / soup plate 8
Star Glass Company catalog, declaration, invoices and delivery notes · disclosed 2016-03-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier tulip-pattern glass plate disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder disputed the solidity of the disclosure evidence and argued the earlier design could not reasonably have become known to the relevant circles in the EU.
- ›The Division found the catalog, sworn declaration, invoices and delivery notes mutually corroborated prior disclosure under Article 7.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom, the small decorative differences did not change the overall impression; the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė Sakalaitė
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
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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