Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-13
000117461
Contested design: 006504163-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community Design No 006504163-0001 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. 006504163-0001 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'
ASIN B008JVVGEQ · Amazon.it · disclosed 2012-07-11
Amazon offer for 'Silverette the original paracapezzoli in argento 925 per l'efficace protezione del capezzolo durante l'allattamento'
ASIN B00D4MWKNQ · Amazon.it · disclosed 2013-03-21
Internet Archive capture of the SenoCap website and article on healthy nipples during breastfeeding
http://www.senocap.com/ · Internet Archive · disclosed 2013-12-30
Utility model registration for 'Coppetta Paracapezzolo'
No. 02019000000967 · disclosed 2020-09-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested nipple-protector design lacked novelty and individual character and that its features were dictated by technical function, relying on earlier Amazon, web-archive, and utility-model material.
- ›The holder obtained a two-month extension but filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found that not all essential features were solely dictated by technical function, so Article 8(1) did not invalidate the design on that ground.
- ›The Division accepted the Silverette Amazon disclosure as prior art and held that the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user, so it lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
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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