Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-31
000117692
Contested design: 003447986-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003447986-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Gemini Koncepthuset A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Lyngbyvej 415, 2820 Gentofte, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Splash About International Limited
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit 3 Beels Road Stallingborough, Grimsby North East Lincolnshire DN41 8DN, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (15)
swimwear for babies
https://www.splashabout.com · Internet Archive / splashabout.com
swimwear for babies
https://www.splashabout.com · Internet Archive / splashabout.com
swimwear for babies
https://www.splashabout.com · Internet Archive / splashabout.com
swimwear for babies
https://www.splashabout.com · Internet Archive / splashabout.com
swimwear for babies
https://www.splashabout.com · Internet Archive / splashabout.com
swimwear for babies
https://www.splashabout.com · Internet Archive / splashabout.com
swimwear for babies
https://www.splashabout.com · Internet Archive / splashabout.com
swimwear for babies
https://www.splashabout.com · Internet Archive / splashabout.com
swimwear for babies
https://www.splashabout.com · Internet Archive / splashabout.com
swimwear for babies
https://www.splashabout.com · Internet Archive / splashabout.com
design of swimwear for babies shown in alleged holder social-media post
alleged holder Facebook post · disclosed 2015-07-03
swimwear for babies shown in 'Splash About Happy Nappy Review'
http://motherbaby.com · motherbaby.com · disclosed 2015-09-15
swim nappies for babies
https://www.konfidence.co.uk · Internet Archive / konfidence.co.uk · disclosed 2006-05-15
swim nappies for babies
https://www.konfidence.co.uk · Internet Archive / konfidence.co.uk · disclosed 2006-05-15
swim nappies for babies
https://www.konfidence.co.uk · Internet Archive / konfidence.co.uk · disclosed 2006-05-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the swim nappy design was solely dictated by technical function and lacked novelty in light of earlier swim-nappy disclosures D1-D15.
- ›Holder replied that the designer had choices of shape, colours and decoration, and that the cited prior designs were not identical to the contested design.
- ›The Division found the applicant had not shown that all essential features were solely dictated by technical function, so Article 8(1) CDR did not invalidate the design.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1-D10, D12 and D13-D15, rejected D11 as insufficiently proven, and held none of the accepted prior designs were identical in immaterial details only.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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