Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-28
000120329
Contested design: 008061774-0017
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the proprietor is ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Declares registered Community design No 008061774-0017 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 disclosed cylindrical sweet bar with slightly flattened ends and sugar additives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFawbANs9qY · YouTube
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested sweets design lacked novelty and individual character because earlier disclosed Hitschies sweets, including D1, predated the 31 July 2020 filing.
- ›Proprietor filed no observations on the merits, but separately argued the representation costs should not be fixed at the maximum amount across parallel invalidity cases.
- ›The Division found D1 had been sufficiently disclosed online before filing and treated sweets as a sector with high designer freedom.
- ›Comparing D1 with the contested design, the Division found almost all essential features reproduced and no different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was allowed, the design declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the proprietor.
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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