Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-09
000119939
Contested design: 008275259-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against Registered Community Design No 008275259-0001 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs, fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l’encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 008275259-0001 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais de la titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Laurie Anne Marie Miasvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
No. 83A&B Tong Fuk Village, Lantau, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
900 SAS, société par actions simplifiéevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
11 Rue Monsigny, 75002 Paris France
Represented by
Catherine Huynh
Prior art cited (4)
Wikipedia page on shaving soap showing soap sticks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaving_soap · Wayback Machine / Wikipedia · disclosed 2012-11-15
Doug H. blog post commenting on soap sticks
Doug H. blog · disclosed 2014-08-27
Raven solid soap stick advertised online
Wayback Machine · disclosed 2020-08-08
Browns solid soap sticks sold online
https://innoway.co.nz/other-cleaning-products/ · Wayback Machine / innoway.co.nz · disclosed 2016-03-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested soap-stick design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier online disclosures of shaving and solid soap sticks.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the cited internet disclosures, especially Annex 2, as prior public disclosures but found the contested design created a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected because the contested design retained individual character and, a fortiori, novelty.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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