Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-24
000118738
Contested design: 008932065-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders 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 008932065-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Intellectual Property Mtüvia PDF extraction
EE
Tartu mnt 67/1-13b, 10115, Tallinn, Estonia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Medinox London Limited
United Kingdom (GB)
Solar House, 282 Chase Road, Southgate, Enfield, N14 6NZ, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Internet Archive capture showing blister plaster packaging bearing the 'VITAPLUS' logo
https://web.archive.org/web/20201030190918/https://medinox.co.uk/product/blister-plasters-extra-comfort-5s-44x69mm/ · Internet Archive · disclosed 2020-10-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier public disclosure of the VITAPLUS logo before 8 April 2022.
- ›The applicant filed Internet Archive evidence from 30 October 2020 showing blister plaster packaging bearing the same logo.
- ›The holders filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence was unrebutted.
- ›The Division found the logo features identical to the prior disclosure, held the contested design not new under Article 5(1)(b), and invalidated it.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
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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