Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-13
000117069
Contested design: 004352300-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity 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. 004352300-0002 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 (2)
Tragetasche
Twitter · disclosed 2017-03-30
Tragetasche
Twitter · disclosed 2017-03-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the contested shopping bag had already been disclosed through earlier bags, especially D1 and D2.
- ›The holder argued the design remained new and individual, stressing differences in form, handle attachment, seams, materials, and color presentation.
- ›The Division accepted D1 and D2 as disclosed but excluded the remaining alleged prior designs because they were not properly identified or evidenced.
- ›It found the contested design created a different overall impression from D1 and D2, so neither lack of individual character nor lack of novelty was established.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's costs.
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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