Invalidity · first instance · 2024-08-19
000125416
Contested design: 015056787-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 015056787-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mohamar Jamouvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Strada Mihai Eminescu Nr. 25, Sat Afumati, Comuna Afumati, Judet Ilfov, Romania
Represented by
Elena Grecu
Holder · RCD owner
Rif Brand Total SRL
Romania (RO)
str. Prozei, 8B, camera 1, 077032 Sat Pasarea, com. Branesti, judetul Ilfov, Romania
Prior art cited (1)
packaging and fruit jellies
RCD No 008576722-0001 · Community design Register · disclosed 2021-07-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity because the contested fruit-jelly packaging design produced the same overall impression as earlier RCD No 008576722-0001.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not rebut disclosure of the earlier RCD or contest the alleged lack of individual character.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD as sufficient disclosure and found a high degree of designer freedom for food packaging.
- ›Because the designs coincided in all material features and differed only in the colour of the contents, they created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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