Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-31
000121529
Contested design: 006285078-0001
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 006285078-0001 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
Citron Trading LLCvia PDF extraction
AE
Al Shafar Building 1, Jumeirah Street, 2nd floor office 03, Dubai 927423, United Arab Emirates
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Panagiotis Spiliopoulosvia PDF extraction
GR
5 Roumelis str., 18345 Moschato, Greece
Represented by
Ioannis Psarakis
Prior art cited (10)
lunch bag
RCD No 004505576-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-11-16
bag design
Amazon
bag design
Etsy
bag design
bag design
disclosed 2018-11-02
bag design
disclosed 2018-11-02
bag design
Etsy
bag design
bag design
BuzzFeed · disclosed 2016-11-17
bag design
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on the holder's earlier RCD and multiple online examples of similar roll-top bag designs.
- ›Holder challenged the probative value and timeliness of the web evidence and argued the contested design differed in shape, proportions, closure details, and overall impression.
- ›The Division treated newly introduced rejoinder designs as inadmissible, accepted disclosure only for D1, and found disclosure of D2 to D10 not proven by solid objective evidence.
- ›Comparing D1 with the contested design, the Division found the side ruffled pockets, extra strap, decoration, and bulkier shape created a different overall impression and showed non-immaterial differences.
- ›The application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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 ↗ |
Locarno classes
Similar decisions
Ranked by shared Locarno class + shared legal grounds + matching outcome. Click a case to view full detail.
| Case | Date | Outcome | Shared grounds | Locarno | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000124157 vs Invented Here B.V. | 2025-03-07 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 03 | 7 |
| 000124416 vs Wenbo Huang | 2025-01-28 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 03 | 7 |
| 000121569 vs PANAGIOTIS SPILIOPOULOS | 2024-06-12 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 03 | 7 |
| 000121525 vs PANAGIOTIS SPILIOPOULOS | 2024-05-24 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 03 | 7 |
| 000121526 vs PANAGIOTIS SPILIOPOULOS | 2024-05-24 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 03 | 7 |
| 000121568 vs PANAGIOTIS SPILIOPOULOS | 2024-05-23 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 03 | 7 |
| 000121528 vs PANAGIOTIS SPILIOPOULOS | 2024-05-23 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 03 | 7 |
| 000121527 vs PANAGIOTIS SPILIOPOULOS | 2024-05-23 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 03 | 7 |