Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-21
000121021
Contested design: 006880027-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006880027-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Plásticos Inden, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
C/ Avila, 6 - P.I. Alfaç III, 03440 Ibi (Alicante), Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
José Joaquim Durães
Portugal (PT)
Rua do Seixo, n.º 229, 4860 064 Arco de Baúlhe, Portugal
Represented by
Abel Dário Pinto de Oliveira
Prior art cited (1)
green candle design shown on the J.P.F. Macedo website and corresponding Facebook post
https://jpfmacedo.com · J.P.F. Macedo website / Facebook · disclosed 2016-06-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested tealight lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier candle designs disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the J.P.F. Macedo website and Facebook materials as proving disclosure before 18/09/2019 and found the compared candles shared the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| 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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