Invalidity · first instance · 2020-11-19
000111482
Contested design: 002513580-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0025135800001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Grainea Europevia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Brzozowa 12, 61429 Poznań, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Scholtus Special Products B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
De Hooge Hoek 44, 3927 GG Renswoude, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Applicant's 'Dental stick' dog chew sold under the 'GRAINEA' brand
Dog chews marketed under the 'HAU HAU' trade mark
herttakoiruus.blogspot.com; mustijatessa.blogspot.com · weblogs · disclosed 2011-10-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested dog chew design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier designs D1 and D2, and stressed broad designer freedom in this sector.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity claims undefended.
- ›The Division accepted D2 as publicly disclosed before the filing date and found dog chews allow substantial design freedom subject only to safe chewability and edibility.
- ›It held that the contested design and D2 create the same overall impression despite minor surface differences, so the RCD lacks individual character and must be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
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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