Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-18
000127156
Contested design: 015035965-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered EU design No 0150359650002 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150359650002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Arika s.r.o.via PDF extraction
SK
Nižná, Slovakia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
McLLOYD’S s.r.o.via PDF extraction
SK
Marcelová, Slovakia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
dinosaur-shaped snack design
EU design No 0024838670002 · European Union Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-06-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the dinosaur-shaped snack design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier EU design No 0024838670002 published on 18/06/2014.
- ›Holder argued differences in colour, back, legs and tail, together with constrained design freedom for extruded snacks, produced a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier EU design as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and considered designer freedom for these snack products at least average.
- ›It found the cited differences fell within normal variation of such food products and that both designs created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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