Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-12
000117050
Contested design: 004352300-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 004352300-0001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Plásticos Industriales y Comerciales de Alfarrasi, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Picda, Crta. Nacional 340, s/n, 46893 Alfarrasi, Spanien
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Papier-Mettler KG
Germany (DE)
Hochwaldstrasse 22, 54497 Morbach, Deutschland
Prior art cited (3)
plastic shopping bag
publicidadmerchandising.blogspot.com/2016/04/publicidad-merchandising_21.html · publicidadmerchandising.blogspot.com · disclosed 2016-04-21
plastic shopping bag
publicidadmerchandising.blogspot.com/2016/04/publicidad-merchandising_21.html · publicidadmerchandising.blogspot.com · disclosed 2016-04-21
plastic shopping bag
Facebook · disclosed 2016-06-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested bag design lacked novelty and individual character because earlier bags D1-D20 already disclosed the same essential form.
- ›The holder replied that the contested reusable bag created a different overall impression and that the invalidity application should be dismissed.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure only for D1-D3; D4-D20 and the remaining materials were disregarded as insufficiently identified or evidenced.
- ›Comparing D1-D3 with the contested design, the Division found the material, handles, seams, shape, and printed decoration created a different overall impression and no identical prior design.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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