Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-07
000114628
Contested design: 005134988-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. 2. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 005134988-0002 è dichiarato nullo. 3. Il titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
TotalEnergies SEvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
2 place Jean Millier, La Défense 6, 92400 Courbevoie, Francia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
S.I.RA.L. S.p.A.
Italy (IT)
Via Boscofangone Zona Industriale Asi Frazione Nola-Marigliano, 80035 Nola (Na), Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
jerrycan/container for liquids
French design No 00082262-0001 · French Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-07-25
catalog showing the earlier container design
Lubricants guide for motor vehicles · disclosed 2011-01-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on earlier French design D1 and supporting catalog material.
- ›The holder argued the similarities reflected sector best practices and technical constraints, and said the dispute had become moot after its sublicence ended.
- ›The Division found D1 had been validly disclosed, rejected the alleged market-trend constraint evidence, and held the contested canister reproduced D1's overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld; the contested RCD was declared invalid and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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