Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-09
000115906
Contested design: 006792180-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community design No 006792180-0002 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. 006792180-0002 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)
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
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested container-lid design lacked novelty and individual character over D1-D4 and that the circumferential groove was dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder replied that the groove still involved aesthetic choice and that the earlier lids were visually distinct from the contested design.
- ›The Division accepted the cited prior disclosures but found neither D1 nor D2 identical and concluded that D3 and D4 produced different overall impressions from the contested lid.
- ›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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