Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-21
000121059
Contested design: 006880027-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 006880027-0006 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006880027-0006 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Plasticos 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 (2)
Part of a 2014 J.P.F. Macedo catalogue showing four candle designs.
J.P.F. Macedo
Screenshot from J.P.F. Macedo's Facebook page showing the same candle designs.
J.P.F. Macedo Facebook page · disclosed 2016-06-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier candle designs disclosed before the filing date.
- ›It relied on a 2014 J.P.F. Macedo catalogue extract and a 13 June 2016 Facebook screenshot showing the same candle designs.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the applicant's disclosure evidence was unrebutted.
- ›The Division found the contested candle design identical in its essential features to the prior design and therefore not new; it declared the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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