Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-07
000114663
Contested design: 005134988-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 005134988-0003 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. 005134988-0003 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 (1)
jerrycan
French design No 043409-0001 · French Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2004-10-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier French design No 043409-0001 for a jerrycan.
- ›The holder argued the similarities reflected sector best practice and functional constraints, that only the label differed materially, and that the dispute had become moot after its sublicense ended.
- ›The Division held the earlier French design was validly disclosed, rejected the alleged sector-wide technical constraints, and found the contested design reproduced the same overall rectangular canister form and handle-mouth arrangement.
- ›The contested RCD was found to create no different overall impression on the informed user, so the invalidity application was upheld 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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