Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-20
000127895
Contested design: 015062040-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design 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 EU design No 015062040-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vernissage S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Trenzano, Italy
Represented by
Alessio Canova
Holder · RCD owner
G&G Papervia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Constanta, Romania
Represented by
Bogdan Alecu
Prior art cited (1)
DUBAI Luxury shower gel packaging design
https://web.archive.org / https://euthalia.it · web.archive.org · disclosed 2023-11-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested shower-gel packaging lacked novelty because an identical DUBAI Luxury design had been disclosed before 30 May 2024.
- ›It relied on a 29 November 2023 web archive capture, earlier marketing evidence, and a witness statement confirming sales from May 2022.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the archived website evidence sufficient to prove disclosure and considered any visual differences immaterial under Article 5(2).
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 5(1)(b), so the design was invalidated without examining the other grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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