Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-08
000117305
Contested design: 008549711-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0085497110001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Aptar Dortmund GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hildebrandstr. 20, 44319 Dortmund, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Vaco Retail Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Gen. Jana Henryka Dąbrowskiego 44, 50457 Wrocław, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
aerosol actuator
European patent No 1 599 409 B1 · European patent publication · disclosed 2009-10-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and at least individual character, relying on an earlier European patent for an aerosol actuator.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the published patent as prior disclosure and found the shared spray-can and actuator features created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6 CDR, so the design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- 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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