Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-17
000111742
Contested design: 006874392-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006874392-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
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)
women's striped mini dress with three-quarter sleeves and a loose cut shown on the 'devotion_twins' Instagram account
https://www.instagram.com/devotion_twins · Instagram account 'devotion_twins' · disclosed 2018-02-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the holder had disclosed the contested dress on Instagram and its website more than 12 months before the filing date, so the design lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder contended that the 2017 images showed only similar garments and that the images matching the contested design were first posted in winter 2019 within the Article 7(2) grace period.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Instagram screenshots, read with the applicant CEO's declaration, as proof of disclosure before the filing date and outside the grace period.
- ›The Division found the earlier Instagram dress produced the same overall impression on the informed user as the contested design, so the application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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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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