Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-05
000118981
Contested design: 008734388-0007
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. 2. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 008734388-0007 è dichiarato nullo. 3. Il titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
F. Lorenzi Living AGvia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Rebbergstrasse 32, 8102 Oberengstringen, Svizzera
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Artisansvia PDF extraction
GR
12A Kyprou Str., 18346, Moschato, Grecia
Represented by
Serena Cipolletti
Prior art cited (1)
Saint Tropez Sky Blue Flats sandals
https://desienashoes.shop (archived via https://archive.org/web/ on 2021-04-21) · Internet Archive / desienashoes.shop · disclosed 2021-04-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on a prior Saint Tropez sandal model shown on desienashoes.shop and archived on 21 April 2021.
- ›The holder, although invited to comment on the invalidity application, filed no observations and left the case undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the archived website evidence as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and identified the informed user as a consumer of women's sandals.
- ›Given the author's broad design freedom, the differences in lettering size and signs on the sole did not alter the overall impression created by the compared sandals.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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