Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-14
000114081
Contested design: 008043293-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008043293-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Confecciones Cabanillas, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Caballeros Jerusalén, 10, 31511 Cabanillas (Navarrra), Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Original Buff, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
França 16, 08700, Igualada (Barcelona), Spain
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Earlier Community design invoked by the applicant.
RCD 007845003-0001 · EUIPO · disclosed 2020-05-05
Earlier Community design invoked by the applicant.
RCD 007845003-0002 · EUIPO · disclosed 2020-05-05
Earlier Community design invoked by the applicant.
RCD 007845003-0003 · EUIPO · disclosed 2020-05-05
Spanish utility model invoked by the applicant.
U202030699 · Spanish Office for Patents and Trade Marks · disclosed 2020-06-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR based on three earlier RCDs and one Spanish utility model.
- ›The holder argued that none of the cited rights qualified as prior designs under Article 25(1)(d) and, in any event, the contested design was new and had individual character.
- ›The Division held that Article 25(1)(d) must be interpreted restrictively: the earlier RCDs had been published before the contested design's filing date, and the utility model was not a qualifying prior design.
- ›Because the only invoked invalidity ground was not met, the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
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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