Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-17
000111741
Contested design: 006874392-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006874392-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Essential Style GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Christoph-Probst-Weg 2, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
Represented by
Elmar E. Günther
Holder · RCD owner
Αθηνα Παρνασαvia PDF extraction
GR
Οδός Λάμπρου Κατσώνη 113, 13561 Αγ. Ανάργυροι Αττικής, Greece
Represented by
Δημητρης Προκοπιου
Prior art cited (1)
Instagram disclosures of a women's mini dress with three-quarter sleeves and a striped pattern
https://www.instagram.com/devotion_twins · Instagram
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing that the holder had disclosed the same dress design on Instagram and its website more than one year before filing.
- ›The holder said the earlier posts showed only similar garments with substantial differences and that some online disclosures fell within the Article 7(2) grace period.
- ›The Division accepted the Instagram screenshots, read with the supporting declaration, as proof of public disclosure before the filing date and before the grace period cutoff.
- ›Given the broad design freedom for women's dresses, the Division found the prior and contested designs created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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