Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-16
000107859
Contested design: 006277935-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
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 0062779350003. 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
Cibernética para la panificación S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Camino Els Lladres, 4 y 6, 12550 Almassora (Castellón), España
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Advertisement showing a bread dough weigher/divider under the CIBERPAN mark
entre panes y pastas, December 2017 · entre panes y pastas
Images of an earlier bread dough weigher/divider machine relied on against the contested design
Panorama Panadero nos. 428 and 429; Pastry Revolution, January-February 2015 · trade magazines
Videos of the same earlier bread dough weigher/divider machine corresponding to the magazine images
YouTube videos and screenshots referenced in the notarial record · YouTube
Materials concerning the earlier CIBERPAN/Formex model 93 bread dough weigher/divider
FORMEX/CIBERPAN model 93 catalogues, emails and related materials · FORMEX and CIBERPAN materials
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested bread-machine design lacked novelty and individual character because similar or identical weighing/dividing machines had been disclosed and marketed years earlier.
- ›The holder maintained that the design was new and had individual character, accused the applicant of copying, and challenged the evidence as low-quality, unlawfully obtained, or unreliable.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of one earlier bread dough weigher/divider mainly from annexes 8-14, with annexes 15-27 only supporting that disclosure in conjunction with the stronger evidence.
- ›It rejected the novelty ground because the earlier design was not identical, but found the same overall impression under Article 6 and invalidated the RCD, awarding costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila Čelišová
- MemberAlvaro Sesma
- MemberEnrico D´Errico
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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