Invalidity · first instance · 2021-05-25
000113561
Contested design: 007456017-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design No 007456017 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. se estima la solicitud de nulidad. 2. se-declara nulo el modelo comunitario registrado n.º 007456017. 3. la titular sufrague las costas de la solicitante, cuantificadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Rojo Bull GmbHvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Am Brunnen 1, 5330 Fuschl am See, Austria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xiangkeng Cao
China (CN)
n.º 42, Goutou New Village, Jinfeng Town, Changle City, Provincia Fujian, República Popular de China
Represented by
Marcella Clarke
Prior art cited (1)
beverage can design shown on japonshop.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20191115205706/https://www.japonshop.com/bebidas/red-bull-gold-krating-daeng-tailandia-250 · www.japonshop.com via Internet Archive · disclosed 2019-11-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested beverage-can design lacked individual character because prior can D1 was publicly disclosed on japonshop.com, archived on 2019-11-15, before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive material as sufficient Article 7 disclosure evidence and found the relevant sector was beverage cans, with an attentive informed user.
- ›Shared can shape, yellow-red-blue colour scheme, charging-bull imagery, and word placement dominated; Thai text and wording differences were too minor to change the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b); the Division did not need to examine the additional ground under Article 25(1)(e).
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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