Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-07
000120413
Contested design: 015001310-0001
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 015001310-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Pchela - 97 Ltd.via PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
12, Tsar Ivan Asen II Str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Maria Nikolaeva Vladimirova
Holder · RCD owner
Hristo Shiderov
Bulgaria (BG)
z.k. Mladost 3, bl. 326, entry 4, ap. 17, 1712 Sofia, Bulgaria
Prior art cited (1)
Packaging for chocolate shown in a Kakao Facebook post
Facebook / Kakao social media profile · disclosed 2020-10-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures including D1 shown in a 22 October 2020 Facebook post.
- ›After remittal from the Board, both parties filed further observations, but the Division found they added nothing material to the re-examination.
- ›The Division held D1 had been validly disclosed under Article 7 and that the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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