Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-21

000124475

Contested design: 009016561-0002

CDRmedium-confidence extraction

Outcome

Application rejected (holder wins)

The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.

Show verbatim operative text(de)

Der Antrag auf Erklärung der Nichtigkeit des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 009016561-0002 wird zurückgewiesen. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.

CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400

Parties

Applicant · invalidity challenger

Ikoona sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction

Poland (PL)

ul. Marsz. Józefa Piłsudskiego 74/230, 50020 Wrocław, Polen

Represented by

Aleksandra Kacperska

Holder · RCD owner

Tomasz Gotszlik

Poland (PL)

Glinki 27a, 63-200 Jarocin, Polen

Represented by

Kondrat & Partners

Prior art cited (14)

International designD1

ice cream cone design

DM/069775-0001 · Hague Express Database / DesignView / International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-01-12

International designD2

ice cream cone design

DM/069775-0002 · Hague Express Database / DesignView / International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-01-12

Registered RCDD3

ice cream cone design

005509858-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-01-27

Registered RCDD4

ice cream cone design

004669430-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-02-02

Web disclosureD5

ice cream cone

http://www.conesforicecream.com · conesforicecream.com / Internet Archive · disclosed 2020-09-24

Web disclosureD6

ice cream cone

http://www.conesforicecream.com · conesforicecream.com / Internet Archive · disclosed 2020-09-24

Web disclosureD7

ice cream cone

http://www.conesforicecream.com · conesforicecream.com / Internet Archive · disclosed 2020-09-24

Web disclosureD8⚠ rejected as evidence

Miran cone image from social media and website

https://mirancones.com · Facebook / Instagram / mirancones.com

Web disclosureD9

Trieste cone

http://www.suncone.cz · suncone.cz / Internet Archive

Web disclosureD10

Jumbo cone

http://www.suncone.cz · suncone.cz / Internet Archive

Web disclosureD11

chocolate/vanilla cone

Instagram post dated 2021-07-08 · Instagram · disclosed 2021-07-08

Web disclosureD12

carbon/vanilla waffle cone

https://italnorge.it · italnorge.it / Wayback Machine · disclosed 2021-12-05

PublicationD13⚠ rejected as evidence

Soforek cone with black, orange and yellow colours

SIGEP Rimini 2019 leaflet / ISM 2019 Cologne photo gallery

PublicationD14⚠ rejected as evidence

Soforek cone with orange, yellow and black colours

SIGEP Rimini 2019 leaflet / ISM 2019 Cologne photo gallery

Legal grounds invoked

Article 25(1)(b)Article 4(1)Article 6(1)(b)Article 7(1)

Argument summary

›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, arguing that earlier registered and market-disclosed multicolour ice-cream cone designs created the same overall impression.
›The holder argued that D1-D4 were different, that several web-based disclosures were not proven before the filing date, and that none of the cited designs destroyed individual character.
›The Division accepted disclosure of D1-D4, D5-D7, D9-D12, but rejected D8 and D13-D14 as insufficiently proven or not fully visible.
›Comparing the accepted prior art with the contested design, the Division found the orange-black colour scheme, stripe arrangement and proportions created a different overall impression, so the invalidity application failed.

Deciding panel

MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
MemberRebecca SANTANA
MemberEmmanuel COLLIN DAVIES

Decision files

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Locarno classes

01.01

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