Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-14
000116448
Contested design: 008531586-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0085315860001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Crocs, Inc.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
13601 Via Varra, Broomfield, Colorado 80020, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nuvens de Fantasia, Lda.
Portugal (PT)
Rua Saramago, Zona Industrial, Núcleo I, 2580-512 Carregado, Portugal
Prior art cited (1)
clogs / footwear
RCD No. 002501023-0001 · Office database / Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-07-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and at least lack of individual character based on earlier RCD No. 002501023-0001 for clogs.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the prior design comparison, or the claimed lack of individual character.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD in the Office bulletin as sufficient disclosure under Article 7 and assessed individual character for procedural economy.
- ›It found the designs created the same overall impression, with only colour and minor insole differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
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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