Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-20
000117713
Contested design: 008319487-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 008319487-0001 is declared invalid, and the holders must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008319487-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ingenias Creaciones, Signos e Invenciones, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Av. Diagonal 514, 1-4, 08008 Barcelona, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jessica Peil
Germany (DE)
Holunderweg 8, 88457 Kirchdorf an der Iller, Germany
Prior art cited (1)
seven-pointed festive and foldable star
RCD No. 008249809-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2020-11-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Articles 25(1)(a) and 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing the festive star design lacked protectable design features and individual character over earlier disclosures, including RCD No. 008249809-0001.
- ›The holders filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division rejected the Article 25(1)(a) and Article 3(a) ground for lack of proof, but accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through the Community Designs Bulletin.
- ›Comparing the earlier seven-pointed star and the contested nine-pointed foldable star, the Division found their shared overall impression unchanged despite the different number of peaks.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Articles 25(1)(b), 4(1), and 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| 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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