Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-03
000114001
Contested design: 002587063-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 002587063-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lisner Poznań Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Strzeszyńska 38/42, 60-479, Poznań, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
RX-PLAST Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Cieszyńska 96, 43-426 Dębowiec, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
container
www.mir-plast.pl/17.pojemnik_50_ml__lodka · Internet Archive · disclosed 2011-01-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on an Internet Archive capture of an earlier container design and other earlier registered designs.
- ›Holder disputed the language change refusal, challenged the sufficiency of the Wayback Machine evidence, argued a narrow designer freedom, and said specific rim, indentation, and bottom features differentiated the design.
- ›The Division accepted the archived webpage as a valid prior disclosure under Article 7(1), identified a relatively broad designer freedom, and found the compared oval container-and-lid designs created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b).
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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