Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-18
000115221
Contested design: 008074355-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicants must bear the proprietor's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. Rejects the application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008074355-0001. 2. Orders the applicants to bear the proprietor’s costs, which are fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Luca Achovia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Baldo 3, 13866 Masserano Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
CreativaMente Srlvia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Alessandro Volta, 69, 20863 Concorezzo (MB) Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
origami paper
Community design No 006307666-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-03-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants argued the contested origami-paper design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier Community design D1, which they said reproduced the same trapezoid modules, folds, flaps and material.
- ›Holder replied that the contested design covered a whole sheet of cardboard rather than a single folded module and that the alleged common features had already been found irrelevant in parallel proceedings.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as a valid prior disclosure, identified only limited constraints on design freedom, and compared the overall impressions from the registered representations.
- ›It found clear differences in overall shape, visible outer and inner edges, and the green-red line combination, so the contested design was both individually distinctive and novel; the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMICHELE M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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