Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-04
000118059
Contested design: 008818637-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay 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 0088186370005 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Liviu Chertesvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Sat Feleacu (Com. Feleacu), Cluj-Napoca, Jud. Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Label Print SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
B-dul Banu Manta, Nr.21, Bl.35, Sc.B, Et.5, Ap.70, Sector 1, Bucuresti, Romania
Represented by
Elena Grecu
Prior art cited (1)
set of seven product labels/tags with days of the week
RCD No 0063496270001
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Articles 25(1)(b) and 25(1)(d) CDR, arguing the contested tag lacked novelty and individual character and conflicted with his earlier RCD No 0063496270001.
- ›The holder argued Article 25(1)(d) CDR was inapplicable because the earlier RCD had been published before the contested filing date and that the compared label designs differed in layout, colours, text placement and overall appearance.
- ›The Invalidity Division held Article 25(1)(d) CDR could not apply because the earlier design was not first made public after the contested filing date, and it assessed each registered design only as actually disclosed.
- ›The Division found the contested tag was neither identical to nor produced the same overall impression as the earlier design, so the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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