Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-13
000117033
Contested design: 004352300-0014
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against RCD No 004352300-0014 is rejected.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 004352300-0014 wird zurückgewiesen.
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)
shopping bag shown in The Blue Bag article
https://thesmalls.com/article/the-blue-bag-film-honours-ikeas-frakta-like-the-icon-it-is · thesmalls.com · disclosed 2017-07-05
shopping bag shown in a tweet
Twitter · disclosed 2016-04-11
shopping bag shown on a website entry
website · disclosed 2012-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant invoked lack of novelty and individual character based on several earlier bag designs and accompanying internet evidence.
- ›The holder argued the application did not properly identify each prior design and that later-added material could not broaden the case.
- ›The Division found the asserted prior designs were not precisely identified or matched to adequate disclosure evidence, and declarations did not prove design disclosure.
- ›Without a proven earlier design under Article 7, the invalidity request was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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