Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-30
000123282
Contested design: 005746500-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0057465000002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wera Nova s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Jankovcova 1587/8, 17000 Praha 7 – Holešovice, Czechia
Represented by
Zdeněk Kučera
Holder · RCD owner
J.A.D. Food s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Uničovská 1324/21, 78401 Litovel, Czechia
Represented by
Prior art cited (6)
wafer roll
RCD No 0015163940002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-16
wafer roll sign
EUTM No 8 306 672 · European Union Trade Marks Bulletin · disclosed 2009-12-07
wafer roll
RCD No 0015163940001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-16
wafer roll
RCD No 0015163940003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-16
wafer roll
RCD No 0015163940004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-16
wafer roll
RCD No 0015163940005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested wafer-roll design lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier RCDs and EUTM depicting the same product.
- ›The holder did not contest the merits and instead argued the invalidity action was pointless because it would not renew the contested design.
- ›The Division held that lapse did not bar a merits decision, accepted the earlier published rights as prior disclosures, and assessed individual character under Article 6 CDR.
- ›It found the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier wafer-roll design, so the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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