Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-09
000115888
Contested design: 006792180-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community design No 006792180-0004 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. 006792180-0004 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 Oyj
Finland (FI)
Revontulenkuja 1, 02100 Espoo, Finland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Seda International Packaging Group SpA
Italy (IT)
Corso Salvatore D'Amato 73, 80022 Arzano Napoli, Italien
Represented by
Prior art cited (5)
cup lid shown in Figs. 35-39
EP 2 674 370 A1 · European patent publication · disclosed 2013-12-18
cup lid shown in Figs. 45-49
EP 2 674 370 A1 · European patent publication · disclosed 2013-12-18
lid for a container
CN 105857894 B · Chinese patent publication · disclosed 2017-12-05
paperboard cup lid
WO 2016/069755 A1 · WIPO patent publication · disclosed 2016-05-06
beverage container lid
WO 2016/099173 A1 · WIPO patent publication · disclosed 2016-06-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cup-lid design lacked novelty and individual character over D1-D5 and that key lid features, including grooves and a cross-shaped perforation, were technically driven.
- ›The holder replied that aesthetic choices remained in the lid structure and opening, and that the earlier lids differed in their overall appearance.
- ›The Division accepted the cited prior disclosures but held that the earlier lids were not identical and, viewed as a whole, produced different overall impressions from the contested design.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
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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