Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-20
000117054
Contested design: 003562982-0001
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003562982-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SOKOŁÓWvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Al. 550-lecia 1, 08-300 Sokolow, Podlaski, Poland
Represented by
Anna Piotrowska
Holder · RCD owner
Grzegorz Wojdak
Poland (PL)
Izabelińska 23a, 05-126 Aleksandrów, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
online snapshot showing a dish with cross-cut sausages
third-party internet page · disclosed 2015-05-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier internet-disclosed cross-cut sausages.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the dated web snapshot as prior disclosure and found broad design freedom for sausages.
- ›It held the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design, so it lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was invalidated in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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