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Contested design 008713333-0001

Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-06

000127475

Contested design: 008713333-0001

CDR

Outcome

Invalidated (total)

The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.

Show verbatim operative text

1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008713333-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.

CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750

Parties

Applicant · invalidity challenger

Iso Trade Sp. z O.O.via PDF extraction

Poland (PL)

ul. Hangarowa 15, 59-220 Legnica, Poland

Holder · RCD owner

Marek Zieleń

Poland (PL)

ul. Staszica 4/3, 44-103 Gliwice, Poland

Prior art cited (1)

Web disclosureAttachment 4

Allegro offer for 'Ice cream on a stick with stand mix of colours'

Offer code No 8613030505 · Allegro Archive website · disclosed 2019-10-31

Legal grounds invoked

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

Argument summary

  • The applicant argued that the contested ice lolly mould design lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Allegro-listed design disclosed on 31 October 2019.
  • The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
  • The Division accepted the Allegro listing as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the designer's freedom only partly constrained by function.
  • It held that the shared form, configuration and appearance created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the design lacked individual character.
  • The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.

Deciding panel

  • MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
  • MemberChiara BORACE
  • MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ

Decision files

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Locarno classes

07.04

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