Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-26
000117918
Contested design: 000016407-0002
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 000016407-0002 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 (2)
Kangaroo folded napkin cutlery pouch shown in the García de Pou 2000 catalogue
García de Pou 2000 catalogue · disclosed 2000-12-31
Kangaroo folded napkin cutlery pouch shown in the García de Pou 2000 catalogue
García de Pou 2000 catalogue · disclosed 2000-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over cutlery pouch designs D1 and D2 disclosed in the García de Pou 2000 catalogue, supported by additional web and court materials.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the 2000 catalogue as prior disclosure but disregarded undated web and Google materials and untranslated letters as insufficient proof of earlier disclosure.
- ›It found the contested sealed cardboard-like pouch produced a different overall impression from the folded napkin prior designs, so the design remained novel and had individual character; 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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