Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-28
000120328
Contested design: 008061774-0016
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the proprietor is ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Declares registered Community design No 008061774-0016 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)
green cylindrical sweet bar with slightly flattened ends and sugar on the surface
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFawbANs9qY · YouTube
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of Hitschies sweets, including D1.
- ›The proprietor filed no observations on the merits and separately argued only that representation costs should not be fixed at the maximum rate across parallel cases.
- ›The Division found the internet and periodical evidence sufficient to prove disclosure of D1 before the filing date and treated sweets as a field with high designer freedom.
- ›Because the contested design and D1 created the same overall impression on the informed user, the design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
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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