Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-06
000126015
Contested design: 015043977-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0150439770001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Iulian Adrian Calotavia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
str.Deva nr.14, sat Pasărea, com. Brănești, Romania
Represented by
Crina Frisch
Holder · RCD owner
Veroniki Ecogrup S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Intr. Murmurului, Nr. 2-4, Parter, Camera 9, Sectorul 1, Bucuresti, Romania
Represented by
Elena Grecu
Prior art cited (1)
boxes for food
Romanian design registration No 022921, design No 3 · Romanian Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-02-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Romanian design registration.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of Romanian design registration No 022921 published on 16/02/2022 and compared it with the contested design from the perspective of the informed user.
- ›It found the designs produced the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
Decision files
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