Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-20
000117056
Contested design: 003562982-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 003562982-0005 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)
weblog recipe extract showing cross-cut sausages
www.culinamamaniusia.pl · www.culinamamaniusia.pl · disclosed 2016-06-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier internet-disclosed sausage designs and arguing the cross-cut form was already common on the market.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the weblog extract dated 2016-06-15 as prior disclosure and found the compared sausage designs shared the same overall impression for the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) CDR in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6 CDR, so the contested RCD was declared invalid 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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| 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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