Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-04
000116451
Contested design: 007844790-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 006504163-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear 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
Intercomm s.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Trieste n. 126/B, 31030 Arcade (TV), Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Banale s.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Ricotti 15, 20158 Milano, Italia
Represented by
Luigi Goglia
Prior art cited (1)
Banale 'Active Mask' face mask
https://archive.org/web/ archive of https://banale.com/ · Internet Archive / banale.com · disclosed 2018-04-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of nearly identical masks, especially an archived Banale website page from 22 April 2018.
- ›The holder argued the design resulted from substantial development, that the market was crowded and designer freedom constrained, and that documents D1 to D5 did not prove identical prior disclosure.
- ›The Division found the archived website validly disclosed the earlier Active Mask outside the 12-month grace period, so it counted as prior art under Article 7.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found only immaterial colour-shade differences; the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid, with costs against the holder.
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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