Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-23
000115263
Contested design: 007655378-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against the contested RCD is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l'encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 007655378-0001 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais exposés par la titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Saverglass Société par actions simplifiéevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
3, rue de la Gare, 60960 Feuquières, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
I. Distilling & Co Société par actions simplifiéevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
33 Chemin d'Olivet, 16200 Réparsac, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
bottle
DMC nº 002621763-0001 · Bulletin des dessins ou modèles communautaires · disclosed 2015-01-30
DISTIL’ER 70 cl bottle as marketed
http://www.saverglass.com / https://web.archive.org · saverglass.com captured by Internet Archive · disclosed 2015-03-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier bottle designs D1 and D2 and also invoked unauthorized use of a French copyright-protected work.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of earlier RCD D1 and the marketed DISTIL’ER bottle D2, but found the contested bottle's floral decoration, green base effect, relief, and label recesses created a different overall impression.
- ›The copyright ground also failed because the applicant did not submit the French legal texts or case law cited and did not prove the originality of the earlier bottle model.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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