Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-31
000120322
Contested design: 008061774-0006
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Registered Community Design No 008061774-0006 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008061774-0006 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
Vidal Golosinas, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Avda. Gutierrez Mellado s/n, 30500 Molina de Segura (Murcia) Spanien
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
hitschler International GmbH & Co. KG
Germany (DE)
An der Hasenkaule 10, 50354 Hürth, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
older cylindrical candy bar with slightly flattened ends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMwEiDeuxgU · YouTube
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of the same candy shape, including D1.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application or the applicant's evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the internet and publication evidence as proving prior disclosure of D1 before filing and found high designer freedom for sweets.
- ›It held that the contested design reproduced the essential appearance of D1 and created the same overall impression, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
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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