Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-31
000119520
Contested design: 009086846-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0090868460001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
IKOONA SP. Z O.O.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Marsz. Józefa Piłsudskiego 74/230, 50020 Wrocław, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Tomasz Gotszlik
Poland (PL)
Glinki 27a, 63200 Jarocin, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
multicoloured rainbow ice-cream cornet marketed by Soforek
Facebook posts dated 21/10/2019 and 28/11/2019 · Facebook · disclosed 2019-10-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an earlier multicoloured Soforek ice-cream cornet disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder disputed clear disclosure and argued the contested cone's colour arrangement, number of stripes and constrained design freedom created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure through the applicant's evidence, found no proven market saturation, and treated cone shape and wafer texture as commonplace features.
- ›It held the similar horizontal multicolour stripe arrangement produced no different overall impression, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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