Invalidity · first instance · 2024-08-08
000123816
Contested design: 005770500-0008
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 005770500-0008. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mikomika Internation SLvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle Prim 20, Planta 1, Puerta 4, 13250 Daimiel, España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Stor,S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Paseo General Martínez Campos, 53, 28010 Madrid, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
LARQ bottle shown on archived website and YouTube profile
https://www.livelarq.com/; https://www.youtube.com/@livelarq/videos · Internet Archive / YouTube · disclosed 2018-04-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on prior online disclosures of the LARQ bottle before 8 October 2018.
- ›The holder challenged the evidence as untranslated and insufficient, invoked the Article 7(2) grace period, and argued the compared bottle designs created different overall impressions.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive and YouTube materials as sufficient proof that D1 was publicly disclosed and found the Article 7(2) exception unproven.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom and the strong similarity of the cylindrical bottle body, neck, and flush cap, the contested design produced the same overall impression as D1.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested RCD was invalidated, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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