Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-21
000113261
Contested design: 007021225-0001
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.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007021225-0001 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
‘Митак’ ЕООДvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
бул. ‘Княз Aлександър Батенберг’ 28, ет 5, офис 35, Стара Загора, Bulgaria
Represented by
Smilena Hrusanova
Holder · RCD owner
‘Милутинов Консулт’ ЕООДvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
район р-н Люлин ж.к. Люлин, бл. 803, вх. А, ет. 3, ап. 9, 1324 гр. София, Bulgaria
Represented by
Vasko Ivanov Vasilev
Prior art cited (1)
Earlier disclosed seal cap used on the applicant's tomato paste jar.
MITAK tomato paste 700g / code 380002781010 · Bulgarian market; invoices and product webpage on randi.bg · disclosed 2018-08-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested seal-cap design was identical or highly similar to its earlier cap used on MITAK tomato paste jars and therefore lacked individual character.
- ›The holder replied that the applicant's evidence did not prove earlier disclosure of a comparable design and that undated photos or invoices without images could not establish the claimed prior design.
- ›The Division found the invoices, contract material, and randi.bg product page sufficient together to prove prior disclosure of the applicant's cap before the October 2019 filing date.
- ›Comparing only the protected top view of the caps, the Division held that the shared colour scheme, central green verbal element, red underline, and overall arrangement created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR and was therefore declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
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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