Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-03
000124295
Contested design: 015003176-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité est accueillie. 2. Le dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 015003176-0002 est déclaré nul. 3. La titulaire supporte les frais, fixés à 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Enterprom II - Brindes Publicitários, Ldavia PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua Leite de Faria, 20, 2820-476 Charneca de Caparica, Portugal
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Distri-Coutalevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
La Chambre, 46 700 Vire-Sur-Lot, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Coutale SOMMELIER webpage showing the holder's PREMIUM corkscrew model
http://www.coutale.com · Wayback Machine · disclosed 2009-11-29
Webpage showing views of the same PREMIUM corkscrew model
http://www.gifts4wine.com · Wayback Machine · disclosed 2016-04-26
Facebook page of the holder showing the same PREMIUM corkscrew model
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the holder had disclosed the same corkscrew design before 28 November 2022 and outside the 12-month grace period, so the contested design lacked novelty.
- ›Holder argued the request was inadmissible or unfounded because the evidence was insufficiently identified, some materials lacked translation or provenance, and some disclosures fell within the grace period.
- ›The Division identified the PREMIUM corkscrew in documents 1, 2 and 14, accepted the web and social-media disclosures, and found disclosure proved before the grace-period start.
- ›Comparing the prior PREMIUM model with the contested design, the Division found only insignificant differences in position and opening degree, so the designs were identical in relevant form.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of novelty, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
- MemberMichelle M. DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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