Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-28
000120364
Contested design: 008061774-0019
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Declares registered Community design No 008061774-00019 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 sheets Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
An der Hasenkaule 10, 50354 Hürth, Germany
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
earlier sweet design shown as a cylindrical bar with slightly flattened ends and sugar additives or a white speckled 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 disclosed sweets designs, including D1, evidenced by periodical, social-media, website and video materials.
- ›The proprietor filed no observations on the merits and only argued separately that representation costs should not be fixed at the maximum amount across related cases.
- ›The Division found D1 had been made available to the public before the filing date and used it as the main comparison design for procedural economy.
- ›Given the high designer freedom for sweets and the near identity of the compared features, the contested design created no different overall impression and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and the proprietor was ordered to bear the costs.
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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