Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-23
000119880
Contested design: 005746500-0001
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 005746500-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wera Nova s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Jankovcova 1587/8, 17000 Praha 7 – Holešovice, Czechia
Represented by
Zdeněk Kučera
Holder · RCD owner
J.A.D. Food s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Uničovská 1324/21, 78401 Litovel, Czechia
Represented by
Prior art cited (6)
wafer roll design
Community design No 001516394-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-16
same wafer roll design as the earlier RCD
European Union trade mark registration No 8 306 672 · European Union Trade Marks Bulletin · disclosed 2009-12-07
wafer roll design
Community design No 001516394-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-16
wafer roll design
Community design No 001516394-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-16
wafer roll design
Community design No 001516394-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-16
wafer roll design
Community design No 001516394-0005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier wafer-roll designs and trade mark registrations.
- ›The holder argued the request was vague, designer freedom was limited by standard rolled-wafer features, and the contested roll differed through missing filling and end coatings.
- ›The Division found disclosure of the key earlier design proven, rejected the claimed freedom constraints, and held the colour and finishing differences too minor to change overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR; other prior designs and the novelty ground were not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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