Invalidity · first instance · 2023-09-08
000118731
Contested design: 008055354-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and 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 008055354-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Diesel S.P.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via dell’Industria 4-6, 36042 Breganze (VI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Vichy Víz Korlátolt Felelősségű Tárasság
Hungary (HU)
Szadai út 981/59. A. ép. 3. lház., 2112 Veresegyház, Hungary
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
box of 'Diesel Plus Plus Feminine' perfume
https://www.perfumemaster.com · perfumemaster.com
box of 'Diesel Plus Plus Masculine' perfume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-S3Kkpx4Eg · YouTube · disclosed 2011-11-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested perfume-box design copied the Diesel Plus Plus box and lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder disputed disclosure, arguing the internet evidence was printed later than the filing date and did not reliably prove earlier publication.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 2 and the YouTube video as reliable prior web disclosures of two earlier box designs, D1 and D2.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found only minor differences and the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design declared invalid, and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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