Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-28
000120325
Contested design: 008061774-0011
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the proprietor is ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Declares registered Community design No 008061774-0011 to be invalid. 3. Orders the proprietor to bear the costs, which are fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vidal Golosinas, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Avda. GUTIERREZ Mellado s/n, 30500 Molina de Segura (Murcia) Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hitschler International GmbH Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
An der Hasenkaule 10, 50354 Hürth, Germany
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
earlier sweets design shown in a YouTube video extract
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXV65qbojDk&list=RDLVMCFIbA13gCQ&index=3 · YouTube
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested sweets design lacked novelty and individual character because earlier disclosed designs, including D1, precluded registration.
- ›The proprietor filed no observations on the merits, but contested fixing representation costs at the maximum rate because parallel invalidity actions used identical submissions.
- ›The Division found D1 had been publicly disclosed online before the filing date and that both designs shared the same essential cylindrical bar shape with slightly flattened ends.
- ›Given the high degree of designer freedom for sweets, the minor colour differences did not change the overall impression; the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberALVARO SOCMERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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