Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-31
000121239
Contested design: 008920847-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0089208470001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Grassland Horse Feeding Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Ekologiczna 10A, 87148 Gostkowo, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dominika Stańczak
Poland (PL)
Partyzantów 7, 94-223 Łódź, Poland
Prior art cited (2)
Earlier animal chew design shown in an Instagram post from the hotzenklotzmanufaktur account.
https://www.instagram.com/hotzenklotzmanufaktur · Instagram account 'hotzenklotzmanufaktur' · disclosed 2020-11-24
Earlier animal chew design shown on hotzenklotz.com as captured by the Internet Archive.
https://www.hotzenklotz.com; https://web.archive.org · hotzenklotz.com via Internet Archive · disclosed 2022-03-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on earlier web disclosures of a similar animal chew on Instagram and on a website archived before the filing date.
- ›The holder did not contest the merits and instead informed the Office that the contested design had been surrendered and requested closure of the invalidity proceedings.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the applicant had a legitimate interest in a merits decision despite the surrender because the holder had tried to enforce the contested design against the applicant.
- ›The Division accepted the internet disclosures, found only natural or minor differences between the designs, held that the contested design lacked individual character, and declared it invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
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