Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-13
000117070
Contested design: 004352300-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community design No 004352300-0003 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. 004352300-0003 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 carrier bag
publicidadmerchandising.blogspot.com/2016/04/publicidad-merchandising_21.html · publicidadmerchandising.blogspot.com · disclosed 2016-04-21
plastic carrier bag
publicidadmerchandising.blogspot.com/2016/04/publicidad-merchandising_21.html · publicidadmerchandising.blogspot.com · disclosed 2016-04-21
plastic carrier bag
Facebook · disclosed 2016-06-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the contested shopping-bag design had already been disclosed and used long before filing.
- ›The holder replied that reusable carrier bags form a dense design field with some functional constraints, but the cited older bags still created different overall impressions.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure only for D1 to D3 and rejected the remaining evidence as insufficiently identified, undated, lacking URLs, poor quality, or unsupported by the declarations.
- ›It found the contested bag's opaque white material, folded narrow handles, horizontal seam, and overall appearance differed from D1 to D3, so novelty and individual character remained intact.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
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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