Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-16
000120413
Contested design: 015001310-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 015001310-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Pchela - 97 Ltd.via PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
12, Tsar Ivan Asen II Str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Maria Nikolaeva Vladimirova
Holder · RCD owner
Hristo Shiderov
Bulgaria (BG)
z.k. Mladost 3, bl. 326, entry 4, ap. 17, 1712 Sofia, Bulgaria
Prior art cited (5)
screenshots allegedly showing chocolate products sold by the applicant
Facebook page 'KAKAO' / https://kakao.bg · Facebook / kakao.bg
screenshots allegedly showing chocolate products sold and promoted online
Facebook page 'CHOCOLANA' · Facebook
article advertising 'chocograms' chocolates without showing the product design
https://www.chocogram.com.au · chocogram.com.au · disclosed 2019-06-06
cut-out image allegedly showing a chocolate product
Chocogram profile · Chocogram profile · disclosed 2020-08-01
undated screenshot allegedly showing chocolate packaging products
chocogram.com.au · chocogram.com.au
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, alleging the chocolate packaging had been promoted online before the filing date.
- ›Holder said the parties' prior business relationship was irrelevant, accused the applicant of bad faith, and maintained its position in further pleadings.
- ›The Division held bad faith was not an available ground here and found the applicant's internet evidence unreliable, untranslated, undated, or disconnected from the alleged disclosures.
- ›Because prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR was not proven, the Division did not examine novelty or individual character further and rejected the application.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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