Invalidity · first instance · 2024-02-28
000122374
Contested design: 015003165-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0150031650001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Brandstock Services GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Moehlstrasse 2, 81675 München Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Believevia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Constantin Titel Petrescu Nr. 3, Timisoara, Romania
Represented by
Bogdan Alecu
Prior art cited (1)
classic cheese pizza image
https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/classic-cheese-pizza · foodandwine.com · disclosed 2022-02-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character based on an earlier internet-disclosed pizza design.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the applicant's evidence and arguments unanswered.
- ›The Division accepted the Food & Wine webpage as prior disclosure dated 18 February 2022 under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the pizzas created the same overall impression on the informed user despite minor differences in crust, colour shades, and background.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated in full, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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