Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-20
000117055
Contested design: 003562982-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 003562982-0004 is declared invalid. 3. 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)
recipe article showing a sausage design with crossed cuts
www.zyslijprzepis.pl · www.zyslijprzepis.pl · disclosed 2014-10-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested sausage design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier designs disclosed on internet sources.
- ›Applicant relied, among other evidence, on a 14 October 2014 recipe article from www.zyslijprzepis.pl showing a sausage with crossed cuts.
- ›Holder filed no observations despite being invited to respond to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the website extract as prior disclosure and found the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier sausage design.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) CDR in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6 CDR, so the RCD was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
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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