Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-26
000121570
Contested design: 015009749-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015009749-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Domain Menada Eoodvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Business Park Sofia 1, bl. 4, fl. 2, Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Deyan Vulchev Ivanov
Holder · RCD owner
Nuvo Konseptvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
бул. Ал.Дондуков № 57, вх. А, ет.1, ап. 6, 1000 СОФИЯ, Bulgaria
Represented by
Atanas Kostov
Prior art cited (2)
bottle with label / beverage bottle
RCD No. 008438477-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-03-02
Romanian Metro hypermarket brochure showing a bottle with a label of an alcoholic drink
www.issuu.com · Romanian Metro chain brochure on Issuu
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the holder re-filed the same bottle design previously invalidated and that the contested design lacked novelty over earlier RCD No 008438477-0003.
- ›The applicant also invoked public policy and morality concerns under Article 9 CDR and filed a brochure as additional evidence; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Invalidity Division held unfair or dishonest conduct is not an autonomous invalidity ground under Article 25(1) CDR, so that part of the application was inadmissible.
- ›It accepted disclosure of earlier RCD No 008438477-0003 through Bulletin publication and found the prior and contested bottle designs identical in all relevant features.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of novelty, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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