Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-21
000121139
Contested design: 007723168-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007723168-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
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 (1)
Screenshot of a Chinese manufacturer's Facebook post showing five identical white candles.
Facebook · disclosed 2020-01-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on screenshots from a Chinese manufacturer's Facebook account posted before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, novelty, or the applicant's evidence.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 3 as an internet disclosure under Article 7(1) and found its image clear enough to show the prior candle design's essential features.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found the shape-defining features identical or differing only immaterially; the prior cross decoration did not make the contested design new.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of novelty under Article 25(1)(b) and Article 5(1)(b), so the design was invalidated and the holder ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| 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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