Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-15
000116889
Contested design: 003559384-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 003559384-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
BMJ Industries FZCOvia PDF extraction
AE
Street F13, RAKIA Free Zone, Al Jazeera Al Hamra, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Holder · RCD owner
Kairat Al Manafievia PDF extraction
IQ
Al Waziriyah, Bagdad, Iraq
Prior art cited (1)
cigarette box packaging bearing the MAC ornamentation/logo
https://www.facebook.com/LibyaMAC/photos/ · Facebook · disclosed 2016-10-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier MAC cigarette packaging disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder challenged the evidence as untranslated, undated, unreliable Facebook and website material, and unofficial trade mark database extracts.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Facebook screenshots and related materials as credible prior disclosure and found the earlier packaging design publicly available before 30/12/2016.
- ›Given the broad design freedom, the minor line difference did not change the overall impression; the application was upheld and the contested design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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