Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-08
000115887
Contested design: 006792180-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 006792180-0001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Huhtamäki Oyjvia PDF extraction
Finland (FI)
Revontulenkuja 1, 02100 Espoo, Finland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Seda International Packaging Group SpAvia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Corso Salvatore D'Amato 73, 80022 Arzano Napoli, Italien
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
figures 35 to 39 showing container 16 with lid 140
EP 2 674 370 A1 · European patent application publication · disclosed 2013-12-18
figures 45 to 49 showing container 176 with lid 170
EP 2 674 370 A1 · European patent application publication · disclosed 2013-12-18
lid for a container shown in figures 1 and 2
CN 105857894 B · Chinese patent publication · disclosed 2017-12-05
paperboard cup lid shown in figure 1
WO 2016/069755 A1 · international patent application publication · disclosed 2016-05-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the claimed groove was purely functional and relying on D1 to D4 patent disclosures.
- ›The holder disputed the technical-function objection and argued the contested lid remained new and had individual character over the cited prior disclosures.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 to D4, but found D1 and D2 were not identical to the contested design and therefore did not destroy novelty.
- ›The Division also found D3 and D4 created different overall impressions, so the contested design retained individual character and the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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