Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-09
000122595
Contested design: 004691376-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0046913760003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mieszko S.A.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Aleje Jerozolimskie 181, 02222 Warsaw, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Vobro Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością Spółka Komandytowavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Podgórna 78, 87300 Brodnica, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
confectionery/praline ballotin box with red ribbon bow and 'Frutti di Mare' markings
Food from Poland issue No 27 (January-March 2017) · Food from Poland magazine · disclosed 2017-01-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that an earlier VOBRO confectionery box disclosed in Food from Poland before the 12-month grace period destroyed the contested design's individual character.
- ›Holder challenged the disclosure evidence as unreliable and incomplete, denied clear proof of publication and visibility, and argued any design differences could create a different overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the supplemented magazine and website evidence, found disclosure by 27/01/2017 proven under Article 7(1) CDR, and held the grace period inapplicable.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found the same ballotin box shape, ribbon, bow, and graphic composition; minor colour variation and the prior folded card did not change the overall impression.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
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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