Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-22
000119221
Contested design: 002286708-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community design No 002286708-0004 is rejected, and the applicant is ordered to bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se desestima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad del dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 002286708-0004. 2. Se condena al solicitante a que sufrague las costas del titular, fijadas en 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
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
Aniceto Canamasas Puigbo
Spain (ES)
Avenida de la Fama, 129, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (7)
jar design image from facasa.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20040213231537/http://www.facasa.com/images/5.jpg · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2004-02-13
Elisabeth Arden Millenium Skin Care jar
https://www.ebay.com/itm/274449169068 · eBay
Phelityl Cream cosmetic jar
https://web.archive.org/web/20050309082028/http://www.beautynet.de/P300106029|PHELITYL%20CREAM%20von%20Erno%20Laszlo.html · Internet Archive Wayback Machine / beautynet.de · disclosed 2005-03-09
Kanebo Sensai cream jar
https://web.archive.org/web/20050306172752im_/http://www.beautynet.de/intershoproot/eCS/Beautynet/de/Produktbilder/111.228gr.jpg · Internet Archive Wayback Machine / beautynet.de · disclosed 2005-03-06
glass-and-plastic container for cosmetic creams
US3550803 · United States patent publication · disclosed 1970-12-29
outer container with a rather square shape and inner container with a concave bottom for ointments
US3620399 · United States patent publication · disclosed 1971-11-16
registered Community design for a cosmetic jar
RCD No 000739966-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2007-07-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cosmetic jar lacked novelty and individual character in light of seven earlier jar disclosures, stressing the same general shape and overall impression despite broad designer freedom.
- ›The holder challenged disclosure, source reliability, image quality, and EU-sector awareness of the cited materials, and argued that the compared jars were neither identical nor similar enough to destroy individual character.
- ›The Division admitted the applicant's later complementary evidence, accepted disclosure of the Phelityl Cream, Kanebo Sensai, two US patents, and earlier RCD No 000739966-0004, but rejected the facasa.com image and the bare eBay link as insufficient disclosures.
- ›It found the contested jar's square body with rounded corners, circular lid, visible inner cup, and rounded-bottom cavity created a different overall impression from each accepted prior design, so the invalidity application was rejected and costs of EUR 400 were awarded against the applicant.
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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