Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-27
000121262
Contested design: 009168818-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009168818-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Antonio Puig, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Plaza Europa, 46-48, 08902 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
C & S Designs B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Zwolseweg 48, 2994 LB Barendrecht, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
perfume bottle shaped like a high heel shoe
RCD No 003496520-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-12-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier RCD No 003496520-0001 disclosed before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations but did not reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD in the Community Designs Bulletin as valid disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found the same high-heel bottle shape, colours, and decorative features, differing in no material respect.
- ›The application was upheld; the contested design was declared invalid and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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