Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-14
000126077
Contested design: 008629117-0026
Outcome
The invalidity application is granted, the contested Community design No. 008629117-0026 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008629117-0026 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)
older design shown on Aliud pharmaceutical product web pages/images for labels
https://web.archive.org/web/20160403065902/http://www.aliud.de/arzneimittel/rezeptfreie-arzneimittel/ ; https://web.archive.org/web/20160319195455im_/http://www.aliud.de/media/527230/product-icon_0002_schmerzenfieber.jpg · Internet Archive Wayback Machine / aliud.de · disclosed 2016-03-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an earlier identical design disclosed online as D1 before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Wayback Machine evidence as proving public disclosure of D1 in 2016 under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found no discernible differences between D1 and the contested design, so the design lacked novelty.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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