Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-02
000118399
Contested design: 008723118-0001
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 008723118-0001 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)
BIBS Colour pacifiers
http://sundesutter.dk · Internet Archive / sundesutter.dk · disclosed 2016-11-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested pacifier lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier BIBS Colour pacifiers disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive capture as proof of disclosure and found the common overall shape outweighed differences in handle edges and ventilation-hole count.
- ›The contested design was found to lack individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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