Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-22
000119278
Contested design: 000760509-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 000760509-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 000760509-0001. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
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 (1)
jar design with a substantially square body, rounded vertical edges and a flush square lid
USD478513S · Espacenet / United States design patent · disclosed 2003-08-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier US design patent USD478513S for a jar.
- ›The holder disputed admissibility and disclosure of the prior designs, argued some disclosures were unclear or within the grace period, and maintained the contested jar created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Espacenet-linked US design patent as sufficiently evidenced and publicly disclosed before 19/07/2007, and found the creator's freedom largely unrestricted apart from basic container function.
- ›Comparing the exterior features, the Division held the differences had limited impact and the contested design produced the same overall impression as the earlier jar, so the application was upheld and the RCD invalidated.
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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