Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-13
000118697
Contested design: 008768501-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008768501-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
AH License ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Høgevej 19, 3400 Hillerød, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
FB Group ApS
Denmark (DK)
Omega 9, Søften, 8382 Hinnerup, Denmark
Represented by
Niels Uth
Prior art cited (1)
Pacifier shown in the article 'Det er min sut'
https://www.bt.dk/nyheder/det-er-min-sut · bt.dk · disclosed 2005-06-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying chiefly on an earlier pacifier disclosed online in Annex 3 before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the bt.dk article as a prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the informed user would see the same overall impression despite minor shape differences.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Articles 25(1)(b), 4(1) and 6(1)(b), so the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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