Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-28
000119514
Contested design: 009085277-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0090852770001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
62nordic sp/fvia PDF extraction
FO
Sudurrås 10,Torshavn 100, Faroe Islands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nixon Bui
Denmark (DK)
Ebertsgade 3, 3rd, 2300 Copenhagen s, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
article 'Nykur Vodka Er Fyldt Med Rå Færøsk Mytologi' depicting a vodka bottle design
http://mandesager.dk · mandesager.dk · disclosed 2020-12-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier online disclosure of a vodka bottle design outside the Article 7(2) grace period.
- ›The holder filed observations late; the Division exercised discretion not to consider them because they would not affect the outcome.
- ›The Division found Annex 3 disclosed the earlier design on 11 December 2020 and that the bottle shape and labels created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character; novelty and additional earlier designs did not need to be examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZALEZ
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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