Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-13
000117439
Contested design: 006504163-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No. 006504163-0002 is declared invalid; the holder bears the costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. 2. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 006504163-0002 è dichiarato nullo. 3. Il titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Bragagnolo Argentivia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Vegra, 7, 35013 Cittadella, Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tecnologia Ospedaliera S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Liguria, 61, 37060 Sona (VR) Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Amazon offer for 'MYSANITY Coppette paracapezzoli, Argento 999' showing silver nipple cups
https://www.amazon.it (ASIN B008JVVGEQ) · Amazon Italy · disclosed 2012-07-11
Amazon offer for 'Silverette the original paracapezzoli in argento 925'
https://www.amazon.it (ASIN B00D4MWKNQ) · Amazon Italy · disclosed 2013-03-21
Archived SenoCap silver nipple shields page and article on healthy nipples during breastfeeding
http://www.senocap.com/ via archive.org · Internet Archive / senocap.com · disclosed 2013-09-26
Utility model for 'Coppetta Paracapezzolo'
No. 02019000000967 · utility model registration · disclosed 2020-09-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested nipple-protector design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier silver nipple cups disclosed online and that its features were technically dictated.
- ›The holder obtained an extension but filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the design was not exclusively dictated by technical function, but the earlier Amazon-disclosed Silverette design had been publicly disclosed and created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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