Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-25
000118241
Contested design: 006609368-0004
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(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità del disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 006609368-0004 è respinta. 2. La richiedente sopporta l’onere delle spese della titolare, fissate a 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fonderie Dellatorre s.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Dell'Industra, 9, 28924, Verbania, Italia
Holder · RCD owner
Noi s.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Roma 2/1-2/2, 25038 Rovato (BS), Italia
Represented by
Gennaro Picarelli
Prior art cited (1)
registered Turkish design for cookware / frying pan
Turkish design No. 2018 04189 · Turkey · disclosed 2018-07-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on Turkish design No. 2018 04189 as an identical earlier design.
- ›The holder argued it collaborated with the owner of the Turkish design and, in any event, the compared designs had relevant differences preserving novelty.
- ›The Division treated Annex 1 as sufficient proof of disclosure under Article 7(1), despite the missing Italian translation of the Turkish certificate.
- ›On the merits, the Division found visible differences in colour, handle detail and pan body depth, so the designs were not identical within Article 5(2).
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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