Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-18
000121318
Contested design: 009076649-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 009076649-0003 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vobro Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością Spółka Komandytowavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Podgórna 78, 87300 Brodnica, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Mieszko S.A.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Aleje Jerozolimskie 181, 02222 Warsaw, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
packaging box with a ribbon and bow
RCD No 0046913760003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-02-09
top of a box with a ribbon and bow
Polish trade mark No R.313087 · TMview / Patent Office of the Republic of Poland · disclosed 2018-04-23
packaging box with a ribbon, a bow and a folded card
Polish trade mark No R.254878 · TMview / Patent Office of the Republic of Poland · disclosed 2012-04-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier RCD D1, Polish trade marks D2 and D3, and evidence of prior commercial use of similar confectionery packaging.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the case proceeded undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division found rectangular confectionery boxes with ribbons and bows are commonplace, giving more weight to specific execution, decoration, wording, ribbon layout and bow shape.
- ›It held the contested design created a different overall impression from D1 and D3, was therefore individually characterful and new, and rejected the application.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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