Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-26
000121121
Contested design: 007723168-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007723168-0005 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 (2)
white candle without cap shown in a 2014 J.P.F. Macedo catalogue extract
J.P.F. Macedo catalogue
same candle shown in a screenshot from J.P.F. Macedo's Facebook account
Facebook post dated 13/06/2016 · J.P.F. Macedo Facebook account · disclosed 2016-06-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested design lacked novelty and individual character because similar candle designs had been disclosed before filing.
- ›Applicant relied on a 2014 J.P.F. Macedo catalogue extract and a 13 June 2016 Facebook screenshot showing the same candle design.
- ›Holder filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence and the applicant's comparison went unrebutted.
- ›The Division found the prior design disclosed and held that the highly similar shape and proportions created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
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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