Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-28
000120327
Contested design: 008061774-0014
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the proprietor must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Declares registered Community design No 008061774-0014 to be invalid. 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)
yellow cylindrical sweet bar with slightly flattened ends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzHMRc7a8lk&list=RDLVMCFIbA13gCQ&index=6 · YouTube
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosed sweets designs, especially D1.
- ›The proprietor filed no observations on the merits and only argued that representation costs should not be fixed at the maximum in each of 19 parallel cases.
- ›The Division found the periodical, social-media, website and YouTube materials sufficiently proved disclosure of D1 before the contested design filing date.
- ›Given the high degree of designer freedom for sweets, the contested design produced no different overall impression from D1 and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the proprietor was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberALVARO SOCMERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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