Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-10
000115543
Contested design: 003465541-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 0034655410001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0034655410001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Froneri Bulgaria EOODvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
261, Lomsko Shosse Blvd., 1220 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Kalina Stoimirova Tchakarova, Kamen Sashov Gogov
Holder · RCD owner
ДАЕСФ АД
Bulgaria (BG)
163, Rakovski Str. Floor 5, Ap 14 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Desislava Dancheva-Vasileva
Prior art cited (1)
Familia ice-cream box shown in advertising video screenshots
https://www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2010-05-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on pre-2016 YouTube video screenshots showing the Familia ice-cream box.
- ›The holder said the contested box was newly developed in 2015-2016, the applicant had not previously challenged it, and the prior designs were not clearly individualised.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube screenshots as a prior public disclosure and compared the contested design against that single prior box separately from any broader design corpus.
- ›Given the broad design freedom and the highly similar obround transparent container and lid, the contested design created the same overall impression and lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | 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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