Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-14
000126033
Contested design: 008629117-0019
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Community design No. 008629117-0019 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008629117-0019 wird für nichtig erklärt.
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)
Leber/Galle label
https://web.archive.org/web/20160403065902/http://www.aliud.de/arzneimittel/rezeptfreie-arzneimittel/ | https://web.archive.org/web/20160319172717im_/http://www.aliud.de/media/527233/product-icon_0005_lebergalle.jpg · Internet Archive / aliud.de · disclosed 2016-03-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested label lacked novelty because an identical earlier design D1 had been disclosed on archived aliud.de webpages before filing.
- ›Holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive evidence as proving public disclosure before the contested design's July 2021 filing date and compared the designs from the contested design's perspective.
- ›The relevant features were identical, so the contested RCD lacked novelty and was declared invalid; the holder was ordered to pay costs.
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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