Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-20
000121562
Contested design: 001669771-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 001669771-0002 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
REBOMA trgovina in gradbeništvo, d.o.o.
SI
Cesarjeva ulica 29, 8000 Novo mesto, Slovenia
Represented by
Jure Marn
Holder · RCD owner
3S SPORT d.o.o.
SI
Perovo 25, 1240 Kamnik, Slovenia
Represented by
Marjan Pipan
Prior art cited (24)
Chinese patent application for 'a kind of Appliance for storing & taking coins'
CN200520130517 / CN2845035Y · Chinese patent application · disclosed 2005-11-04
purse
000624697-0001 · EUIPO register
pouch
001044747-0001 · EUIPO register
pouch
001044747-0002 · EUIPO register
purse
Beijing Royal Aviation Technology catalogue
German design
M8908007 · Germany
German design
M9107706 · Germany
French design
020961 · France
money bag described as 'Vintage from the 1930s'
https://www.etsy.com listing No 1211951216 · Etsy
coin dispenser
98211 · France
purse
020473 · France
coin dispenser
12408 · France
Asoma Oy wallet
Asoma Oy
Asoma Oy belt bag
https://shop.asoma.fi/product/3/belt-bag-black · Asoma website
Asoma design
Asoma Oy
wallet allegedly shown at SMAU 2002 in Milan
SMAU trade show / Technoemporiki SA
wallet manufactured by Technoemporiki SA
Technoemporiki SA
wallet allegedly displayed during CeBIT 2003 in Hannover
CeBIT trade show
ATHRISI wallet bag
ATHRISI
ATHRISI wallet bag / coin dispenser
ATHRISI
Fuxia wallet bag
Fuxia
Fuxia wallet bag
Fuxia
SDSP wallet bag
SDSP
SDSP wallet bag
SDSP
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Articles 6 and 8(1) CDR, arguing the pouch design was technically dictated and lacked individual character over numerous earlier purse, pouch, coin-dispenser, catalogue, web, and trade-show designs.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›On technical function, the Division held the cited Chinese patent did not match the registered appearance and the applicant produced no objective evidence showing the contested design's features were solely function-driven.
- ›On individual character, the Division found the cited prior designs were not validly disclosed or did not show the same subject matter with sufficient clarity for comparison under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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