Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-16
000114621
Contested design: 008037501-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008037501-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Crono Tard SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Lt. Col. Paul Ionescu, nr.6, sector 1, Bucuresti, Romania
Represented by
Magdalena Gabriela Bolintineanu
Holder · RCD owner
Selex Tradingvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Principala nr. 368, 707115 Sat Costuleni, Com. Costuleni, Romania
Represented by
Viorel Ros
Prior art cited (3)
URINEA bottle shown in a YouTube video screenshot
https://www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2017-12-04
URINEA bottle shown in the Metro January 2014 catalogue extract
Metro catalogue via issuu.com, Romania · disclosed 2014-01-02
Contracts and technical drawings for a bottle mould with an ornamented 'U'
Third-party contracts and technical drawings
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier URINEA bottle disclosures and also invoking earlier-right grounds under Article 25(1)(e) CDR.
- ›Holder argued the earlier-right claim was unsubstantiated and the catalogues, video screenshot, and contracts did not objectively prove an identical prior design disclosed before filing.
- ›The Division found the Article 25(1)(e) ground inadmissible, accepted only some public disclosures under Article 7 CDR, and rejected the contracts as confidential and not proof of disclosure.
- ›Because the contested bottle's embossed 'U' and laurel element was a non-immaterial difference, the prior designs were not identical and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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