Invalidity · first instance · 2024-02-29
000120386
Contested design: 008442222-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design No 008442222-0004 is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay 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 008442222-0004. 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
Luis Miguel Aroca Fuentesvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Llebeig, 13, 03430 Onil/Alicante, España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nines Artesanales d'Onil, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle Jaime I, 22, 03430 Onil/Alicante, España
Represented by
Anastasia Pérez Román
Prior art cited (1)
doll shown in a Facebook post by the holder
holder's Facebook profile · disclosed 2018-12-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of the same doll design in the holder's catalogues and a Facebook post.
- ›The holder argued its long-running 'pepotes' line differed because the contested 2021 dolls had movable, larger eyes with thick black eyelashes, creating a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found the Facebook post from 3 December 2018 proved prior disclosure, identified the informed user as someone familiar with dolls, and considered designer freedom broad.
- ›It held the eye differences were not significant enough against the many shared arbitrary features, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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