Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-03
000119180
Contested design: 008529085-0001
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 0085290850001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vieira Araújo, S.A.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua de S. Roque, n.º104, 3700-273 São João da Madeira, Portugal
Represented by
Paulo Rui Da Silva Pelayo de Sousa Henriques
Holder · RCD owner
PPACK - Sociedade Unipessoal
Portugal (PT)
Rua D. Crisóstomo de Aguiar, n.º187, 3720394 Vila de Cucujães, Portugal
Represented by
Márcia Isabel Martinho da Rosa
Prior art cited (2)
green handle for carrying bottles
HANDLE PG.38.08 · invoices and email correspondence
carrying handle for bottles
RCD No 0026821790001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-04-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on prior use of HANDLE PG.38.08 and earlier RCD No 0026821790001 for bottle-carrying handles.
- ›The holder argued design freedom was constrained by bottle-neck standards and that visible differences in the rim, ribs, arm connection, transition zone, and grip created a different overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted disclosure of RCD No 0026821790001 through its 28/04/2015 bulletin publication and found designer freedom substantially high apart from compatibility constraints.
- ›It held the identified differences had limited visual impact and did not change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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