Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-01
000116131
Contested design: 003934223-0015
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 350 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0039342230015 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SC GOLD GLASS SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Lt. Col. Dumitru Papazoglu, Nr. 60, Et.2, Ap. 10, Sector 3, 031203 Bucharest, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Semir Raad Marokivia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
str. Faurei nr. 5, bloc C9, sc. C, ap. 82, Bucuresti, Romania
Represented by
Claudia Monica Frisch
Prior art cited (1)
Cleopatra Glass 'Morgan' mug shown on page 22 of the 2016/2017 catalogue
Model CP 1132G · Cleopatra Glass catalogue / website / Facebook
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested mug lacked novelty and individual character because identical Morgan mugs had been marketed by Cleopatra Glass and sold to the applicant before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the Cleopatra Glass catalogue, website, Facebook post, and shipping documents proved public disclosure in 2016 of the prior Morgan mug design.
- ›Comparing the contested design with model CP 1132G, the Division found the designs almost identical and held that the contested mug lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| 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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