Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-24
000111162
Contested design: 001224729-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 001224729-0003 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. 2. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 001224729-0003 è dichiarato nullo. 3. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Pure Milk Vodka Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
141 Wardour Street, Londra, Regno Unito
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Vetreria Etrusca, S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Maremmana, 70, 50056 Montelupo Fiorentino (FI) Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Internet Archive webpage showing a prior bottle design from the SKS Bottle site
http://www.sks-bottle.com · Internet Archive / sks-bottle.com
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier bottle designs disclosed online before 14 July 2010.
- ›The holder argued the relevant sector was industrial cylindrical bottles, designer freedom was constrained, and the cited bottles differed in proportions, shoulders, and base.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure via an Internet Archive printout and found broad designer freedom remained for bottle body, neck, shoulder, ring, base, and decoration.
- ›It found the compared bottles shared the same overall body and neck configuration, with only minor differences insufficient to alter the informed user's overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld; the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- 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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