Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-15
000126063
Contested design: 008629117-0023
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No. 008629117-0023 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. 008629117-0023 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)
Pantoprazol AL label design shown in archived webpages
https://web.archive.org/web/20151022172435/http://www.aliud.de/arzneimittel/rezeptfreie-arzneimittel/pantoprazol-al/ ; https://web.archive.org/web/20160506115438im_/https://fachwelt.aliud.de/umbraco/api/resource/getpublicimage?id=14365 · Internet Archive Wayback Machine / aliud.de · disclosed 2015-10-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested label design lacked novelty because an identical earlier design, D1, had already been disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on Internet Archive Wayback Machine screenshots from October 22, 2015 and May 6, 2016 showing D1 at the cited URLs.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found D1 had been publicly disclosed under Article 7(1) CDR and that the contested design was identical when assessed for novelty.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD 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 |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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