Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-25
000113641
Contested design: 005770500-0010
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 005770500-0010. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Waterdrop Microdrink GmbHvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Laimgrubengasse 14, 1060, Wien, Austria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Stor, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Paseo General Martínez Campos, 53, 28010, Madrid, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Bottle design shown on the LARQ website
https://www.livelarq.com · Internet Archive / livelarq.com · disclosed 2018-04-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the bottle design allegedly lacked novelty and individual character and also did not qualify as a design under Article 3(a).
- ›The holder challenged the admissibility and evidential value of the applicant's annexes, argued limited designer freedom and sector saturation, and maintained the contested design created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the archived LARQ website disclosure as prior art, found broad designer freedom apart from basic bottle constraints, and rejected the holder's saturation and translation objections.
- ›Comparing the prior bottle and the contested design, the Division found the similarities dominated and concluded the contested RCD lacked individual character, so it was invalidated in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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