Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-06
000124116
Contested design: 015002573-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 015002573-0006 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Design e More S.A.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua das Casas Queimadas, nº 567 Grijó, 4415-439 Grijó - Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
But Fashion Solutions S.A.
Portugal (PT)
Estrada Nacional nr3, 2380 Alcanena, Portugal
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
boots with crisscross straps
RCD No 004594802-0005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-01-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity of the boot design over earlier RCD 004594802-0005 and also invoked an earlier-right ground.
- ›Holder argued its DUSK design differed and said the applicant's prior design was itself vulnerable in light of the Misty110 boot.
- ›The Division treated the holder's origin evidence as irrelevant and found the shared boot shape and crisscross straps decisive.
- ›It held the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier RCD and declared it invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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