Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-15
000115785
Contested design: 008471882-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community design No 0084718820003 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0084718820003 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Antibiotice SAvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
1, Valea Lupului Street, 707410 Iasi, Romania
Represented by
Ionut Parpauta
Holder · RCD owner
Zdrovit Romania SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Sevastopol, Nr. 1317, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania
Represented by
Elena Grecu
Prior art cited (2)
Fluxiv packaging design
FLUXIV box x 6 blisters x 10 tablets · Romanian market / invoices / applicant letter · disclosed 2015-11-19
FLUXIV figurative mark shown as packaging image
Romanian figurative trade mark filing No M 2021 01424 · Romanian IP Office filing claimed in the application · disclosed 2021-02-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed prior Fluxiv packaging and a Romanian figurative mark anticipated the contested medicine-box design and could mislead consumers because the products had similar therapeutic indications.
- ›The holder challenged the sufficiency of the disclosure evidence for the alleged prior designs.
- ›The Division admitted only part of the late-filed originals and found that the admitted evidence did not show the prior designs or link the claimed Fluxiv packaging image to proven public disclosure before the filing date.
- ›Because disclosure under Article 7 was not proven, the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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