Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-13
000127975
Contested design: 006687588-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, EU design No. 006687588-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 006687588-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
hd packaging B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Amersfoort, Niederlande
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Kraftling GmbH
Germany (DE)
Köln, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Instagram post showing the earlier bottle design in a shop window
https://www.instagram.com/p/BO4lBxhA5Nc/ · Instagram · disclosed 2017-01-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, and also alleged unauthorised use of a copyrighted work under Benelux law.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on D1, an Instagram post from 5 January 2017 showing an earlier bottle design before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found D1 validly disclosed and held that the contested bottle design created the same overall impression on the informed user, so it lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b).
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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