Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-12
000124455
Contested design: 015023935-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community Design No 015023935-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. 2. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 015023935-0001 è dichiarato nullo. 3. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
D.B. Art di Giuseppe Di Bisceglievia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Vignati n. 17, 26852 Casaletto Lodigiano, Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guerra Import Export di Guerra Marco
Italy (IT)
via Cadore 5, I-20831 Seregno, Italia
Prior art cited (1)
decorazione floreale in vetro con rosa rossa all'interno di una sfera di cristallo
https://fioraioroma.eu · Internet Archive / fioraioroma.eu · disclosed 2020-09-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an earlier web disclosure archived on 20 September 2020.
- ›The holder disputed the evidential value of the Wayback Machine material, defended novelty, and invoked a claimed priority right.
- ›The Division rejected the priority claim as out of time and accepted the archived webpage as a credible prior public disclosure under Article 7.
- ›It found the contested design identical apart from a barely perceptible shade difference, so novelty was lacking.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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