Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-25
000111163
Contested design: 001224729-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested RCD 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. 001224729-0004 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)
bottle/container 'Glass Bottles, Frosted Glass Rounds w/ Lined Aluminium Caps'
http://www.sks-bottle.com (archived via https://archive.org/web/) · Internet Archive / sks-bottle.com · disclosed 2009-09-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on an archived 27 September 2009 webpage showing a very similar bottle/container design.
- ›Holder argued the relevant sector was industrial cylindrical bottles, designer freedom was heavily constrained, and differences in the shoulders and base created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the archived webpage as prior disclosure, defined the sector as bottles within containers, and found designer freedom fairly broad apart from basic functional constraints.
- ›It held the shared bottle shape, neck, shoulders, base rounding, and closure features outweighed minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, 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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