Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-10
000119020
Contested design: 008852149-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008852149-0002 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Crocs, Inc.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
13601 Via Varra, Broomfield Colorado 80020, United States
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
TexBase s.r.o.
Czechia (CZ)
Na Ježově 365, 25166 Mirošovice, Czech Republic
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
clogs
RCD No 002023267-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin / Office designs database · disclosed 2012-05-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier RCD No 002023267-0004, published before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD but found the shared clog features were standard and gave more weight to visible differences in the upper, holes, heel, strap decoration, and sole patterns.
- ›The contested design created a different overall impression on the informed user, so it retained individual character and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico DERRICO
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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