Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-25
000117308
Contested design: 008513485-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008513485-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Edeka Zentrale Stiftung & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
New-York-Ring 6, 22297 Hamburg, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
Eckes-Granini Group GmbH
Germany (DE)
Ludwig-Eckes-Platz 1, 55268 Nieder-Olm, Deutschland
Represented by
Heinrich Prinz Reuss
Prior art cited (3)
Orange beverages in a specific bottle shape offered for sale
ASIN B00E1SZOSU · Amazon.de · disclosed 2014-01-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosed designs D1 to D3, especially bottle disclosure D2.
- ›The holder argued the contested bottle remained new and individual, invoked a dense prior-design field, and said the design was a permissible facelift of its own earlier bottles.
- ›The Division found D2 was validly disclosed through the Amazon listing, considered designer freedom for beverage bottles not materially restricted, and held the compared bottles created the same overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b), so the contested design was declared invalid and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- 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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