Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-14
000126061
Contested design: 008629117-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is granted; Registered Community design No. 008629117-0007 is declared invalid; the holder bears the costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008629117-0007 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)
earlier label design shown on archived Agnus Castus AL web pages
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 an identical earlier design, D1, had already been disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on Internet Archive Wayback Machine screenshots from January and May 2016 showing D1; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the archived web evidence sufficient to prove public disclosure of D1 under Article 7(1) CDR before the contested design's 2021 filing date.
- ›Using the contested design as the reference point, the Division held it identical to D1 apart from non-relevant added verbal and figurative matter, so novelty was lacking and the RCD was invalidated.
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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