Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-23
000121567
Contested design: 005299211-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community Design No 005299211-0002 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se desestima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad del modelo comunitario registrado n.º 005299211-0002. 2. Se condena al solicitante a que sufrague las costas del titular, fijadas en 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Citron Trading LLCvia PDF extraction
AE
Al Shafar Building 1, Jumeirah Street, 2ª office 03, Dubai 927423, Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Panagiotis Spiliopoulosvia PDF extraction
GR
5 Roumelis str., 18345 Moschato, Grecia
Represented by
Ioannis Psarakis
Prior art cited (10)
bag design owned by the holder
RCD No 004505576-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-11-16
JanSport bag design cited in Annex 1
Amazon / unidentified website
bag design cited in Annex 1
Etsy
bag design cited in Annex 1
bag design cited in Annex 1
disclosed 2018-11-02
bag design cited in Annex 1
disclosed 2018-11-02
bag design cited in Annex 1
Etsy
bag design cited in Annex 1
bag design cited in Annex 1
BuzzFeed · disclosed 2016-11-17
bag design cited in Annex 1
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested bag design lacked novelty and individual character over the holder's earlier RCD D1 and nine additional bag designs D2-D10 supported mainly by website extracts and links.
- ›The holder challenged the evidentiary value of the internet extracts and inactive links, argued some disclosures were outside the EU or unrelated, and maintained the contested design created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division treated only D1-D10 as properly invoked, excluded later-introduced new prior designs as inadmissible, accepted D1 as disclosed but unusable under the 12-month grace period, and found D2-D10 not proven disclosed under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not established, the Division did not assess novelty or individual character further and rejected the invalidity application, with costs awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENSEP
- MemberBenjamin VAN Bavel
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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