Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-26
000117917
Contested design: 000016407-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 000016407-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Prior art cited (3)
Kangaroo folded napkin embodiment
García de Pou 2000 catalogue · disclosed 2000-12-31
Kangaroo folded napkin embodiment
García de Pou 2000 catalogue · disclosed 2000-12-31
cutlery pouch shown on the website excerpt
www.enveloppenland.nl/kantoorartikelen/horeca/bestekzakjes · enveloppenland.nl
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cutlery pouch lacked novelty and individual character over D1 and D2 disclosed in the García de Pou 2000 catalogue and relied on a Belgian court judgment on an identical design.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the 2000 catalogue as proof of disclosure, rejected the undated website and other undated materials as prior disclosures, and found the designer's freedom at least average.
- ›It held that the sealed cardboard-like striped pouch created a different overall impression from the folded napkin prior designs, so the contested design had novelty and individual character and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
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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