Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-21
000110921
Contested design: 005291440-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0052914400002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Henkel AG & Co. KGaAvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
IP Department (CLI), Henkelstrasse 67, 40589 Düsseldorf, Germany
Represented by
Jörg Schmidt
Holder · RCD owner
Bluesun Consumer Brands, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Poligono Industrial ‘El Rengle’, Calle Vilassar 5, 08302 Mataró-Barcelona, Spain
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
dosage packaging for washing agents
Community design No 0036197170004 · Community Design Bulletin · disclosed 2019-05-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) based on its earlier deferred RCD for washing-agent dosage packaging, arguing the contested capsule created no different overall impression.
- ›Holder argued the informed user also included cleaning professionals, designer freedom was technically constrained, the designs looked different overall, and Article 19 limited the earlier deferred RCD to copy protection before publication.
- ›The Division held Article 25(1)(d) expressly covers deferred earlier RCDs, so Article 19 did not restrict this invalidity ground or the comparison standard.
- ›Comparing the protected features, the Division found only minor differences in capsule outline and central space, insufficient to alter the overall impression given the designer's relatively broad freedom.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs of EUR 750 were imposed on the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
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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