Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-09
000126064
Contested design: 008657357-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, Registered Community design No 008657357-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008657357-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Association GYIvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
78, allée Primavera Centre Ubidoca 20837, 74370 Annecy, Frankreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Stada Arzneimittel AGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Stadastr. 2-18, 61118 Bad Vilbel, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Archived web images of the earlier AGNUS CASTUS AL / ALIUD PHARMA packaging design
https://web.archive.org/web/20160116234910/http://www.aliud.de/arzneimittel/rezeptfreie-arzneimittel/agnus-castus-al/ ; https://web.archive.org/web/20160506115414im_/https://fachwelt.aliud.de/umbraco/api/resource/getpublicimage?id=15128 · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2016-01-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing that identical earlier design D1 had already been disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›To prove disclosure, the applicant filed Internet Archive Wayback Machine screenshots from January and May 2016 showing the earlier packaging design.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found D1 publicly disclosed under Article 7(1) and considered the contested design identical apart from an immaterial shade difference.
- ›The invalidity ground under Article 25(1)(b) with Articles 4(1) and 5(1)(b) succeeded, so the design was invalidated and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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