Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-03
000123554
Contested design: 003534833-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 003534833-0001. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Eversia, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Pol. Ind. El Tapiado C/José Fernández López, s/n, 30500 Molina de Segura (Murcia), España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Exclusivas Nimbus, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
C. Doctor Fleming, 23 Pol. Industrial El Bovalar, 46970 Alaquas, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Facebook post showing the 'bolsa Bio Task' trash-bag roll packaging
https://www.facebook.com/somostask/photos/1800237653579602 · Facebook / Somos Task · disclosed 2016-12-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character and argued that all visible features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder argued the kraft-paper packaging had a different overall impression, a more attentive informed user, limited design freedom, and no exclusively technical features.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook disclosure of the earlier 'bolsa Bio Task' packaging dated 6 December 2016 and treated it as prior art under Article 7.
- ›It found broad design freedom and held that the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier packaging, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberÁlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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