Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-03
000119260
Contested design: 006645693-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 006645693-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 006645693-0001. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Laboratoires Filorga Cosmetiques société par actions simplifiée à associé uniquevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
2-4 rue de Lisbonne, 75008 Paris, Francia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
FACA France Recipients Pour Cosmetique S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Ctra.del Mig, 1-13, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
ISO-AGE cosmetic cream jar shown in brochure extracts and press coverage
France Soir · France Soir · disclosed 2010-01-26
cosmetic cream jar shown in a French magazine extract
Santé magazine · Santé magazine
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cosmetic jar lacked novelty and individual character over earlier jar disclosures and that the designer had broad freedom.
- ›The holder challenged admissibility and disclosure, attacked the quality, source, date, and EU accessibility of the evidence, and denied any matching overall impression.
- ›The Division found the earlier jar design sufficiently disclosed through the brochure extracts and the Santé magazine extract and rejected the holder's disclosure objections.
- ›It held that the shared rounded square jar, lid, and inner cavity dominated the comparison, so differences in transparency, colour, and verbal elements did not create a different overall impression.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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