Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-28
000110581
Contested design: 003698273-0002
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 003698273-0002 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
Glaxo Group Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 369 Yuzhou South RoadLianyungang City, Jiangsu Province 222062, People's Republic of China
Prior art cited (2)
prefilled multi-unit dose dry powder inhaler
Community design No 002678292-0001 · Office's designs database · disclosed 2015-04-23
Celon design filed as an EU trade mark application
EU trade mark application No 14 178 594 · Office decision publication · disclosed 2016-02-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over Celon prior filings, especially earlier Community design D1.
- ›Holder argued the inhaler's shield, merlons, grip, side contours and colour created a different overall impression, and invoked limited design freedom and a CNIPA decision.
- ›The Division found D1 was properly disclosed, designer freedom for the overall inhaler shape was at least average, and the compared designs shared almost identical contours and components.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1); the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
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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