Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-10
000126017
Contested design: 015037417-0002
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 015037417-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Bottega Veneta S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Località Conti Maltraverso 1, 36054 Montebello Vicentino (VI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Affargo LTDvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
27, Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Bottega Veneta 'Yellow-gold Orecchini Drop' earrings
https://bottegaveneta.com · Internet Archive · disclosed 2023-05-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier Bottega Veneta drop-earring disclosures archived from its website before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence and merits were assessed without a substantive defence.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive captures as prior disclosure, found broad designer freedom for earrings, and treated the matte-versus-shiny finish difference as minor.
- ›The contested design produced the same overall impression as the prior design, lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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 ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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