Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-24
000121525
Contested design: 004505576-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against registered Community design No 004505576-0001 is dismissed, and the applicant is ordered to pay 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 004505576-0001. 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 (7)
earlier bag design cited in Annex 1
earlier bag design cited in Annex 1
earlier bag design cited in Annex 1
earlier bag design cited in Annex 1
earlier bag design cited in Annex 1
earlier bag design cited in Annex 1
earlier bag design cited in Annex 1
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant claimed the contested bag design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier similar bag designs D1-D7 allegedly disclosed online before 13/11/2017.
- ›The holder argued the applicant's web extracts and hyperlinks had no probative value, some links were inactive, some cited items differed or were backpacks, and later-filed new designs were inadmissible.
- ›The Division held only D1-D7 were timely invoked; most later annexes expanded the subject matter and were inadmissible, while the admitted website extracts still did not reliably prove where and when the earlier designs were disclosed.
- ›Because prior disclosure under Article 7 was not sufficiently established, the Division did not assess novelty or individual character further and rejected the invalidity application with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENSEP
- MemberBenjamin VAN Bavel
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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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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