Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-18
000121319
Contested design: 009076649-0005
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 0090766490005 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 (4)
confectionery box with ribbon and bow
RCD No 0046913760005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-02-09
figurative mark showing the top of a confectionery box with ribbon and bow
Polish trade mark No R.313830 · TMview / Polish trade mark register · disclosed 2018-04-09
printouts from the parties' websites showing use of the applicant's box design and confectionery packaging offers
parties' websites
applicant's catalogue including the box incorporating the earlier design and trade mark
applicant's catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed the contested confectionery box lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier RCD, Polish figurative mark, and commercial use evidence.
- ›The holder did not submit observations on the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was properly disclosed and that confectionery box designers retained broad freedom despite basic ballotin-box constraints.
- ›Common features like a rectangular red box with a gold ribbon were banal; decoration, bow structure, proportions, and the 'CHERRISSIMO' element changed the overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected under Articles 25(1)(b), 6(1)(b), and 5(1)(b), and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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