Invalidity · first instance · 2022-12-13
000114627
Contested design: 007339619-0001
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 007339619-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Antonio Puig, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Plaza Europa, 46-48, 08902 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Potion Paris Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
Kemp House, 160 City Road, London EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Instagram post showing Christian Louboutin lipstick container pendant
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcNEK3gHYKk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link · Instagram · disclosed 2017-12-02
Instagram post showing Christian Louboutin lipstick container pendant
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn_QOzKiIBL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link · Instagram · disclosed 2018-09-21
Press clipping extract showing the same lipstick container design
Glow magazine, Greek 02/2017 edition · press clipping report / Glow magazine
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity, relying on earlier Christian Louboutin lipstick-container disclosures on Instagram and in Glow magazine, plus prior-design and copyright grounds.
- ›The holder argued the pendant field was crowded, designer freedom was limited, the designs differed in relevant details, and the prior-design and copyright claims were not properly established.
- ›The Division accepted the Instagram posts and press-clipping extract as sufficient proof that the earlier lipstick-container design had been publicly disclosed before the contested filing and priority dates.
- ›It found broad designer freedom for pendants and held that the shared inverted-pyramid body, crown cap, hanging ring, and studded collar dominated over minor pattern differences.
- ›The application succeeded under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b); the contested RCD was invalidated and costs of EUR 750 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- 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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