Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-03
000114021
Contested design: 002587063-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design 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 002587063-0002 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 with lid / oval bucket-shaped container
www.mir-plast.pl/17.pojemnik_550_ml__lodka · Internet Archive / mir-plast.pl · disclosed 2011-01-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested container design lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier container disclosed on mir-plast.pl and archived in 2011.
- ›Holder disputed the probative value of the Wayback Machine evidence, claimed the informed user was more specialised, and argued the designer’s freedom for food containers was strongly limited.
- ›The Division accepted the archived mir-plast.pl page as sufficient prior disclosure, found the informed user would focus on the shared overall shape and common visible features, and rejected the claimed differences as non-decisive.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of individual character, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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