Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-20
000111601
Contested design: 006316766-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0063167660001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Société Jas Hennessy & Co., Société anonymevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
rue de la Richonne, 16100 Cognac, France
Holder · RCD owner
Liyan Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.014, Floor 1, Building A, Kangying Business Plaza, No. 2, Erheng Street, Banzhang Lake, Huicheng District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
carafe
French design No 012408-001 · French Industrial Property Office database · disclosed 2001-07-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier French design No 012408-001 and also invoked an earlier French trade mark.
- ›Holder argued the bottle designs created different overall impressions because of indentations, dimensions, lid shape and material.
- ›The Division found the earlier French design was sufficiently disclosed by its official publication and database extract.
- ›The shared bottle shape, curvature, handles, base and neck dominated the overall impression; the identified differences were not striking enough.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) and the RCD was declared invalid, so the trade mark ground was not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberJessica LEWIS
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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