Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-03
000120873
Contested design: 004594802-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004594802-0005 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
But Fashion Solutions - Comércio e Indústria de Artigos em Pele, S.A.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Estrada Nacional N.º 3, N.º 1423, Lugar Do Marujo, 2380 Bugalhos – Alcanena, Portugal
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Design e More S.A.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua das Casas Queimadas, nº 567 Grijó, 4415-439 Grijó - Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
boots shown in the applicant's showroom
Misty-110 · applicant's showroom in Portugal
half boots with crossed tape elements
RCD No 002898494-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-12-09
half boots
RCD No 004020196-0005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-11-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested half-boot design lacked individual character over the earlier Misty-110 boots and over prior designs D1 and D2.
- ›The holder disputed public disclosure of Misty-110, challenged the reliability of the applicant's documents, and maintained that the cited designs created different overall impressions.
- ›The Division found the affidavits, file metadata, invoice and showroom account insufficient to prove public disclosure of Misty-110, but accepted D1 and D2 as disclosed registered Community designs.
- ›Comparing the contested design with D1 and D2, the Division held that differences in shape, outsole, laces, colours and materials produced a different overall impression, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| 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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